{
  "id": 1724255,
  "title": "Firefox’s AI Window Gets New Features Meant to Help You Stay on Task and Organized",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/firefoxs-ai-window-gets-new-features-meant-to-help-you-stay-on-task-1724255",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-18T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNET",
    "slug": "cnet",
    "url": "https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/firefoxs-ai-window-gets-new-features-meant-to-help-you-stay-on-task-and-organized/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Firefox is enhancing its AI-integrated Smart Window feature with new capabilities designed to help users stay on task and organized. The updates, announced recently, aim to make it easier to find answers, organize tabs, and recall previously viewed webpages.\n\nPartnership with Exa, an AI company, is enabling Smart Window to access current information from the internet. This feature provides citations for the information, eliminating the need to scour multiple tabs for sources. Mozilla emphasized the importance of privacy with Exa, as they share a commitment to zero data retention. Ajit Varma, Firefox's head, confirmed this in a video call with CNET.\n\nSmart Window also allows users to group tabs together based on related themes. If consent is given, the feature will analyze webpage content to identify these themes and automatically group tabs accordingly. Users have the option to manually add or remove tabs from these groups. Additionally, Smart Window can display a snapshot of recently viewed webpages, showing the content itself rather than just the URL and name. This feature is designed to help users quickly find relevant pages if they mistakenly close a useful tab during cleanup.\n\nIt's crucial to understand that Smart Window is not a substitute for the Firefox browser. It is an optional window type within Firefox, enhancing the classic browsing experience with AI-driven improvements. Mozilla explicitly states that Smart Window is completely optional and opt-in, working alongside the standard Firefox interface.",
  "summary": "You have to opt into using the browser if you want these features.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "CNET",
        "title": "Firefox’s AI Window Gets New Features Meant to Help You Stay on Task and Organized",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/firefoxs-ai-window-gets-new-features-meant-to-help-you-stay-on-task",
        "published": "2026-08-18T13:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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