Firefox 139 adds experimental AI-powered Link Previews, here’s how to try it

Today, Mozilla released Firefox 139.0, which brings an interesting AI-based feature: by pressing a keyboard shortcut, the browser opens a small pop-up with a preview of a link’s content. Here’s how to test it out. A bit of context Browsers are quickly becoming the next battleground for AI features. While companies like Perplexity work on the much-anticipated Comet, some more traditional players have started rolling out their own ideas of what a browser in the AI era should look like. Recently, Google announced plans to integrate Gemini directly into Chrome, letting users interact with its LLM about the contents of any page. Microsoft, meanwhile, says it will allow websites to access a local AI model in Edge to offer features like summarization and, eventually, translation. Even Apple has implemented AI-based summaries in Safari, although they’re only accessible from Reader Mode, making them a bit inconvenient to use. Link previews Now, Mozilla has released Firefox 139.0 with Lin ... Read full article.