Firefox Lite, formerly Firefox Rocket, was a lightweight

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developed by

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for

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and tablets. Initially released only in

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, it was available in various

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. With an APK size of 7 MB, it featured Turbo Mode (enabled by default), which blocked third-party content of web pages such as

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and trackers, and a toggle to disable web images, to speed page loads and use less mobile data. In addition, it had a private browsing mode, tabs, night mode, and the ability to screenshot the entire page. It used the built-in Android WebView as the

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. Due to release of the refreshed

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and

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, that contains Firefox Lite capabilities (except for the tiny size, that being the point of Firefox Lite) and replaced it, support for Firefox Lite ended on June 30, 2021.

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