Overall beta scope is not every feature’s scope
The France/French beta expansion and the English US/Canada form-and-watch launch have different boundaries. Do not transfer one announcement’s eligibility to another feature.
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Firefox AI controls and Smart Window tracker
Follow the dated record behind Firefox’s AI controls and Smart Window. This dossier connects plans, release records and limited beta changes, then keeps current documentation gaps separate from events that actually happened.
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What the current record supports
A browser setting is separate from a feature rollout
Firefox 148’s release record establishes the desktop AI Controls milestone. It does not establish access to every separately offered AI capability.
The processing model is not just a chat preference
Current help assigns form processing to Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and tasks to Qwen. A chosen chat model should not be assumed to govern both operations.
Monitoring has a browser-open condition
Mozilla says page monitoring runs while Firefox is open. This record does not establish an independent, always-running alert service.
Setup still has account and desktop conditions
The setup help describes an optional desktop window requiring a Mozilla account. Check account, version, country and feature conditions separately.
The dated record
Most recent event first. Event dates and source-publication dates are kept separate from the evidence-check time above.
Showing all 8 dated timeline events.
No dated events match this filter. The current record, open questions and full source list remain available.
Selected-tab form suggestions and page watches arrive in beta
Mozilla announced form suggestions from selected tabs and scheduled page watches for desktop Smart Window beta in English in the United States and Canada. Firefox 159’s release notes list page watching as a progressive rollout.
- A version number is not proof an individual installation has the feature. The two capabilities remain beta, not a worldwide general release.
French beta access and a Mistral partnership expand scope
Mozilla announced Mistral Small 4 for Smart Window and expansion of the overall beta to France with French-language support. Its updated August article separately described the French rollout beginning on September 16.
- This is overall-beta scope. It does not establish French availability for every feature added later. Broader European expansion remains a plan, not verified rollout.
Smart Window adds retrieval and tab-context tools
In its August beta update, Mozilla described Exa-supported web retrieval with sources, suggested tab groups, duplicate-tab closure by a click and visual history previews. These are issuer-described capabilities, not Lumacta test results.
- Do not backdate the separately labelled France expansion to August 18. Form filling was a future direction in the August body, not an August released feature.
Primary evidence [6]
The June roadmap reports access without a waitlist
Mozilla’s June roadmap said people could try Smart Window without joining a waitlist. It did not establish the first beta date, a finished product, or access in every country.
- Describe what this dated post reported. Do not convert a roadmap item into proof of universal account access or a general release.
Primary evidence [5]
AI controls start rolling out on mobile
Mozilla extended AI controls to Firefox on iOS and Android, with available options depending on device and location. This is a mobile-controls milestone, separate from the desktop Smart Window beta.
- Do not imply Smart Window itself launched on mobile. Examples differ by platform: Android translations/voice search and iOS translations/Shake to Summarize, where available.
Primary evidence [4]
Firefox 148 release notes record the desktop controls
Firefox 148’s release record lists the new AI Controls section in Settings. The dated release supports a shipped-browser milestone; the availability of every separate AI feature still has its own conditions.
- Issuer release record, not a Lumacta installation or account-access test.
Primary evidence [3]
Desktop AI controls get a planned release date
Mozilla announced a central AI-controls setting for desktop Firefox 148, scheduled for February 24. It described a global switch for Firefox’s AI enhancements and separate choices for individual browser features.
- February 2 is the announcement event, not proof the Release-channel controls shipped that day. Browser feature controls do not establish that external AI websites are blocked.
Primary evidence [2]
AI Window begins as a concept and waitlist
Mozilla introduced an optional AI Window concept and invited people to register for updates and early feedback. This records a development announcement, not a worldwide product release.
- The signup invitation was not proof of a public beta release or access for every registrant.
Primary evidence [1]
How to read the milestone labels
- Announced
- The issuer described a plan or feature on that date. An announcement does not establish access.
- Issuer-reported availability
- The issuer reports availability for the stated channel or platform. Account, regional and rollout qualifications still apply.
- Rolling out
- The issuer describes staged distribution. The milestone does not mean every eligible account has access.
What remains open
These are questions for further evidence, rather than fabricated events or promises of a future release.
Does a form need four supported fields or five?
Why it matters: The help instructions say four; their FAQ says five. This inconsistency prevents an exact threshold from being stated here.
Evidence needed: Consistent corrected instructions, or an explicit version-specific clarification. An observed test would also need its browser version and account scope recorded.
What starts the task’s 90-day clock?
Why it matters: The task help measures from creation; the announcement describes 90 days without a matching change. Those rules would pause a long-running watch at different times.
Evidence needed: A consistent task-lifecycle definition covering creation, matching changes, pauses and resumption. No single expiry rule is inferred from the conflicting texts.
Which access paths still require a waitlist?
Why it matters: The June roadmap said no waitlist was needed, but the current setup help retains early-access waitlist language. Neither sentence proves universal current access.
Evidence needed: A current, region- and version-specific access description that reconciles the two records. The historical June statement remains dated June 16.
Read the related Lumacta coverage
These links retain their original publication dates. The tracker does not turn older reporting into a new daily edition.
Primary sources and method
Source links support the stated milestones and limits. A published document, an issuer announcement, a staged rollout and a test on a reader’s own browser are different kinds of evidence.
- Mozilla: AI Window preview
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- Mozilla: desktop controls announcement
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- Firefox 148 release record
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- Mozilla: mobile controls
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- Mozilla: June roadmap
Source published .
- Mozilla: August Smart Window update
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- Mozilla: Mistral and France
Source published .
- Mozilla: October form and watch features
Source published .
- Firefox 159 release record
Publication day not established in this record.
- Mozilla Support: form filling
Publication day not established in this record.
- Mozilla Support: tasks
Publication day not established in this record.
- Mozilla Support: Smart Window
Publication day not established in this record.