Mozilla is known for testing experimental browser app features for desktop devices through its Test Pilot Program for Firefox. Now, the company has expanded the program to mobile apps as well. The official Firefox Test Pilot portal has announced the release of two new mobile apps, Firefox Lockbox and Notes, for testing purposes.
Firefox's Lockbox is a password management application for iOS devices. Mozilla Firefox's browser app is not particularly well known on iOS devices. Therefore, to attract iOS users, the company plans to launch a full password management application in the lines of Keychain.
You can use any password you have saved in the browser to log into any account, such as social media on iOS devices. The Lockbox app will connect to Firefox Sync for this reason. To ensure passwords are safe from any breach, 256-bit encryption will be used. The password manager app can be locked with face ID or touch ID.
The Firefox Notes, as its name suggests, is an app for taking notes on Android devices. The notes you store on the portable device or on your desktop, using the browser plugin of the same name, are synchronized. The functionality of Firefox Notes is similar to Google Keep, which is both a standalone application and a browser plugin for seamless synchronization of notes across devices.
The Notes app from Mozilla will include all the features you would expect from a respectable note-taking app. Users will need a Firefox account to sign in to the app.
These applications are in an experimental phase and have not been launched for the general public. However, the Lockbox application can be downloaded for the Apple App Store for testing. This is an exemplary effort by Mozilla to test mobile applications and it would be interesting to see if the apps will get the green light from testers and developers.
