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Firefox APK for Non-google devices

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Hello everyone, I have two questions: Is it possible to get a direct link from Mozilla for the android APK? Because I want to use Firefox but unfortunately it is not possible to download it from a reliable source. Since my phone does not come with Google play services I have problems with getting Firefox in a secure way.

And I changed the Huawei appgallery to region China and could download Firefox ( is it the same like the European/us version)? And why is it not available in Germany?

Thanks a lot.

Hello everyone, I have two questions: Is it possible to get a direct link from Mozilla for the android APK? Because I want to use Firefox but unfortunately it is not possible to download it from a reliable source. Since my phone does not come with Google play services I have problems with getting Firefox in a secure way. And I changed the Huawei appgallery to region China and could download Firefox ( is it the same like the European/us version)? And why is it not available in Germany? Thanks a lot.

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Hi

You can obtain the official .apk from https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/releases, but please note that a) these may not update automatically and b) to install them involves turning off an important security control on your Android device.

I am note sure what you mean in your second question - please can you provide more information about what is happening?

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Hello thank you for your reply.

I have a Huawei device and I can not find the app Firefox when the region is Germany. If you find it in the appgallery it says: not allowed in this region. However if I switch to region China I can somehow download Firefox. But I am not sure if it is different from the European version or not so that's why I was asking whether the Firefox in the appgallery is any different. Thank you very much.

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That is different from the version for the rest of the world. It may be an older version and is designed to use Firefox Sync on Chinese servers.

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Thank you so much for the reply.

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No problem, glad we could help.