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I have downloaded Firefox on my iPad through the App Store,and want to add extensions but every time I

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I have downloaded Firefox onto my iPad and want to add extensions but every time I try to do so there's a message at the top of he page saying "you need Firefox to install add-ons" even though I'm using Firefox browser (so clearly I have Firefox).

I have downloaded Firefox onto my iPad and want to add extensions but every time I try to do so there's a message at the top of he page saying "you need Firefox to install add-ons" even though I'm using Firefox browser (so clearly I have Firefox).

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The Firefox shell browser for iOS does not support Extensions yet though maybe in future.

Extensions listed at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/ are for desktop Firefox on Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux.

Extensions listed at https://addons.mozilla.org/android/ are for mobile Firefox on Android.