Firefox for Android: How to Set a Custom Homepage

When you open a home page on any browser, you want to see what you like. When you start using a different browser, you want to set it up to your liking. With Firefox on Android, you set up a custom homepage in various ways. If you ever get bored of the current changes, you can always change them anytime. Please keep reading to see how easy it is to make the homepage on Firefox for Android.

How to Set a Custom Homepage on Firefox for Android

To get the Firefox homepage looking how you want it to, open the Firefox app and tap on the three dots at the bottom right. When the menu appears, tap on the Settings option. Near the top, you will see the Homepage option. You can also go to the current home page, swipe down, and tap the customized home page option.

On the next page, you’ll see various options you can use to change how your home page looks. You can have options such as shortcuts appear. But you can also choose from:

• Jump back in: This option allows you to return to your last open, active tab.
• Recent bookmarks
• Recently Visited
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• Wallpapers – Choose from different colors to give your home page the desired look. In the wallpaper section, you have two areas to choose from. You can select from wallpapers in the Classic Firefox and Limited Edition areas. When you choose one, you’ll see a view option to get a quick look at your new home page color.

You can return at any time to change them again. When you set up a custom homepage, you’ll know that everything is set up to your liking whenever you use the browser.

How to Customize the Opening Screen for Firefox on Android

The homepage may look great, but the content you see is also important. You can change what pages you see at the bottom of the Homepage section. For example, you can choose from options such as:

• Homepage
• Last tab
• Homepage after four hours of inactivity

It would be great if Firefox had another section where you can have it open on a specific page. But the closest thing is to add a site to your shortcuts. It won’t open on the page, but the site will be a tap away, which is better than typing the address out. If you want to try this and add a site to your shortcuts, go to the site. Tap on the dots at the bottom right and swipe to tap the Add to Shortcuts option.

You’ll see a small message telling you it was added successfully if it was added correctly. There is room for improvement for Firefox, but hopefully, the browser will give users more of what they want.

Further Reading

Speaking of the homepage, if you want to see how to set the homepage in Google Chrome, here are the steps to follow. For Steam users, here is how you can change the homepage for the in-game overlay browsers. Remember, you can use the search bar at the top right if you need to look for instructions on a specific topic.

Conclusion

Firefox allows you to make all sorts of changes to the home screen. When you go to the home screen page of the browser, you see a long list of options that’ll affect what you see on the homepage. You can change the colors and decide what type of information appears. There is an area where you can pin your favorite sites to open them with a single tap. How did you change the homepage? Share your thoughts in the comments below, and don’t forget to share the article with others on social media.