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How am I able to open a new tab directly?

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After clicking on a link, I currently I get a message saying it is available in Firefox and I have to open the browser myself instead of it automatically opening.

After clicking on a link, I currently I get a message saying it is available in Firefox and I have to open the browser myself instead of it automatically opening.

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You mistakenly enabled Settings -> General -> Tab queue.

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This is with Android.

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The message says: Tab saved in Firefox.

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The message says: Tab saved in Firefox.

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You mistakenly enabled Settings -> General -> Tab queue.