- Firefox’s built-in VPN now lets users choose their preferred server location
- The feature is rolling out to users in the US, UK, France, Germany, and Canada.
- Firefox 151 also adds private session reset, enhanced protection and more
Firefox’s latest update, 151, added a much-requested feature to its VPN: the ability to choose your preferred server location.
Mozilla launched the free Firefox VPN just two months ago, but already more than a million people have signed up to try it. However, even for a free service, not having a location picker was a significant restriction, so this move brings the experience closer to the best VPN services.
The biggest difference is that you can now use the VPN to browse region-specific content instead of just using it for privacy reasons. This includes streaming, but it’s worth noting that the 50GB monthly limit will be exhausted fairly quickly through this type of heavy usage.
What’s changed in Firefox’s built-in VPN
Firefox’s VPN is built right into the browser and primarily focuses on the basics of encrypting your browser traffic and hiding your IP address.
With the new update, the VPN now includes a location menu listing each of the countries in which Mozilla has launched VPN support. For now, these are the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Canada. If you leave the setting at “Recommended”, Firefox will choose the location with the best connection (as it did before the update).
Mozilla has confirmed that more countries are planned for future releases and that the rollout is underway, so not everyone will see the option immediately.
To try it, open Firefox 151, go to the browser’s VPN controls, and look for the new country selector. From there, choose one of the supported regions or stick to the Recommended option.
What’s new in Firefox 151
The VPN upgrade is the major change, but Mozilla Firefox 151 comes with a handful of other useful additions worth knowing about.
A new Clear private session The button, shaped like a small flame and placed next to the address bar in private browsing windows, allows you to clear cookies, history, logins and other session data in one click without closing the window.
Improved tracking protection was also strengthened. Firefox says its updated fingerprinting defenses reduce the number of users who can be uniquely identified by common tracking techniques by about 14% on average, and by about 49% on macOS.
The update also brings the AI to Mobile Controls Tabboth on iOS and Android. While availability depends on users’ location, these include features like translations, voice search, and the company’s flagship product, Shake to Summarize, which was named by TIME as one of the best inventions of 2025.
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