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This feature is experimental and is being introduced to the Firefox user base through a progressive rollout. It may not yet be available to all users.
Starting with Firefox version 133, you have the option to use an AI chatbot of your choice in an updated sidebar. The sidebar allows you to keep a variety of browser tools, including a chatbot, in view as you browse. Right now, you can choose from the following chatbot providers: Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, HuggingChat by Hugging Face and Le Chat Mistral. Learn more about each provider.
Each provider can help with things like summarizing what you’re reading, brainstorming ideas, and getting help writing. Learn about what to keep in mind when using AI chatbots.
Learn how to select a provider, switch between providers and remove the AI chatbot after you’ve added it to Firefox.
If you choose to use AI chatbots – whether that’s in Firefox, as an app, or in another browser – keep these things in mind:
- When you use a chatbot, you are agreeing to that provider’s privacy policies and terms of use. Each chatbot provider has their own terms of use and privacy policies. View the privacy policies and terms for providers in Firefox.
- You should verify any information you get from AI chatbots. AI chatbots are powered by generative AI which, in basic terms, predicts likely text or images based on prompts. It’s not designed or guaranteed to provide definitive facts. More about how AI chatbots work at a high level.
- Some chatbots are more privacy-respecting than others. To learn more about protecting your privacy when you use chatbots, follow these helpful tips from the Mozilla Foundation.
For up-to-date information about each chatbot and what it offers, each provider’s website is the best place to look. Most chatbots are experimental and frequently change how they work, how they look, and what they offer.
Also, most chatbots allow you to change different settings, such as whether your chats and information are shared with the provider. Be sure to explore these settings when using a chatbot.
Select the sparkle button from the sidebar. Select a chatbot provider to see more details about it. Select continue when you’re ready to choose. Remember, you can change providers anytime.
Alternatively, if your Firefox experience looks different to this, select the name of the chatbot and select a different service from the list that appears.
How to change chatbot providers
You can switch chatbots at any time, as often as you’d like. For example, you may prefer to use one chatbot for help with writing tasks and another for generating images.
At the top of the sidebar, select the chatbot name. Then, you’ll see a dropdown with all available chatbots. Choose one to switch to.
In the sidebar, choose the settings button . In the Customize sidebar panel, uncheck the AI chatbot box in the Firefox tools section. If you want to use it again later, check the box again and follow the steps to select a provider.
Alternatively, at the top right of your screen, click the menu button and select . Select and deselect .
Select text to see suggested prompts
Prompts are the instructions you provide to the chatbot, based on what you want it to do. We have pre-written a small number of prompts that are available when you select text.
You can access the prompts either:
- When you select text and right click.
- Through a shortcut that appears when you select text. (You can hide the shortcut if you want.)
If you choose a prompt, Firefox sends it plus the selected text and page title, to the chatbot you’ve chosen.
Each suggested prompt starts with this sentence, where information in [brackets] pulls in based on the page you’re on and your selection. “I’m on page [name of page you’re on] with [text you’ve selected] selected.” The rest of the prompts are as follows.
| Summarize | Please summarize the sel |
