Mozilla dumps its Firefox OS project

The Firefox OS project was never really a hotshot, it always seemed to little, too late so we're not surprised to see Mozilla dumping the whole thing. TechCrunch reports the browser maker will stop developing the software and cease selling Firefox OS phones. Mozilla revealed Firefox OS in 2013 and marketed it as a low-cost solution for emerging markets.

The announcement was made earlier today at Mozilla’s developer event in Orlando, “Mozlando“, and several people were tweeting the basics of the news. Now Mozilla has provided us with a full statement from Ari Jaaksi, Mozilla’s SVP of Connected Devices.

“We are proud of the benefits Firefox OS added to the Web platform and will continue to experiment with the user experience across connected devices. We will build everything we do as a genuine open source project, focused on user experience first and build tools to enable the ecosystem to grow.

Firefox OS proved the flexibility of the Web, scaling from low-end smartphones all the way up to HD TVs. However, we weren’t able to offer the best user experience possible and so we will stop offering Firefox OS smartphones through carrier channels.

We’ll share more on our work and new experiments across connected devices soon.”