Some new features might be pushed back, though

Mar 30, 2020 06:49 GMT  ·  By

After major updates for a series of browsers, including Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, have been pushed back due to the coronavirus outbreak, many expected Mozilla to do the same with Firefox.

But as it turns out, Mozilla has no plan to postpone the debut of new Firefox versions, with the company explaining in its updated release calendar that major updates will continue to land as planned.

Firefox has recently moved to a four-week release cycle for the stable channel, which means major updates for the stable version of the browser will go live every month versus six weeks in the previous calendar.

But while new major versions of Firefox will still land every four weeks, Mozilla does admit that some new features might be pushed back due to the coronavirus outbreak. This is because the development of such capabilities takes longer, especially as some developers are working from home.

The next version of Firefox is projected to debut the next Tuesday on April 7.

Google Chrome schedule

As compared to Mozilla, Google has already announced that it’s pushing back new updates for the stable channel of Chrome.

Google will skip version 82 of Google Chrome completely, with the company now planning to debut version 83 at some point in May. On the other hand, the next major update for Google Chrome is version 81, which is also scheduled to land in the week of April 7.

No major changes would be included in this update though, as Google says it would only focus on critical security patches and bug fixes, so most of the improvements would be made under the hood.

On the other hand, the testing channels of Chrome are still getting updates as planned, with Google Chrome 83 to move to the Dev channel given version 82 is completely canceled for now.