![]() ![]() Waterfox G5.0 is a major new release of the Firefox-based browser that introduces several new features and improvements. Users may also notice reduced CPU utilization when software decoding is used. Waterfox for macOS uses the low power mode for fullscreen videos on YouTube, Twitch and other sites, which reduces power consumption. Linux users benefit from improved WebGL performance and reduced power consumption. Waterfox has the video overlay feature enabled for Intel GPUs on Windows to reduce power usage during video playback. On Linux, users may change the behavior in the browser's settings. ![]() The browser follows the system settings on Windows 11, which are found under Settings > Accessibility > Visual Effects > Always show scrollbars. Scrollbars do not take up space on Linux and Windows anymore by default. Waterfox supports the Snap Layout and new scrollbar styles features of Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system. Noise suppression and auto-gain have improved significantly as well in the release. Waterfox will crash less often due to low-memory on the system, thanks to improvements integrated in to the Firefox code by Mozilla. For now, support is limited to YouTube on macOS 11 and newer with HGR compatible screens. Share options are now found under the file menu in the browser, and HDR video is also supported on Macs. On Mac devices, support for images containing ICC v4 profiles is now enabled. ![]() The browser's built-in PDF viewer supports form filling in the new version, and Picture-in-Picture mode supports video captions and subtitles now for select sites. ![]()
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