Firefox is bringing its AI controls to mobile, but Mozilla is taking a different route from browsers that push one assistant into the center of the experience. The new Firefox AI Window on Android and iOS is opt-in, and it lets users choose which AI service they want to use.
Mozilla says Firefox users will be able to pick from services including Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Le Chat. The company is also keeping room for local and private options through tools such as llamafile and Ollama.
Choice is the point
The big difference here is control. Mozilla is not presenting AI as a forced layer across the browser. Instead, Firefox asks whether users want the AI Window, then lets them switch between assistants from a dropdown. That makes the feature feel more like a tool drawer than a permanent browser personality.
Mozilla also says the mobile AI features do not train on a user’s in-app activity or track browsing for AI purposes. That privacy framing matters because browser AI can easily become uncomfortable if users do not know what is being sent, stored or analyzed.
The Tech My Money take
Firefox is taking the right approach by making the feature optional and provider-flexible. People already have different AI preferences. Some want ChatGPT, some use Gemini, some prefer Claude and some want local models for privacy reasons. A browser should not pretend there is only one answer.
The mobile rollout gives Firefox a modern AI feature without giving up its identity as the browser for people who care about control. That is probably the lane Mozilla needs to own if every browser is going to become more AI-heavy.
