On the morning of July 21, Beijing time, Mozilla announced its upgrade strategy for Firefox OS this week. The company plans to provide partners with new version upgrades every quarter and release security updates for the first two versions every six weeks.
Mozilla version management manager Alex Keybl said: "As far as I know, this is the most aggressive mobile operating system version strategy on the market today. Our pace in developing multiple browser products and operating systems is unprecedented."
However, Mozilla has not yet formulated a final plan. Keybl stated that Mozilla's plan still needs some adjustments.
It is clear that Mozilla hopes to apply the version iteration strategy of Firefox browser to Firefox OS. Currently, Mozilla releases new versions of the desktop and Android versions of Firefox every one and a half months.
Although such a version update speed may not be reasonable for an operating system, Mozilla believes that it is at least beneficial for testing and releasing security updates. This approach is feasible; for example, Microsoft releases Windows system security updates every month.
The key point of Mozilla's version upgrade strategy is to release a new feature version every three months. Mobile operating system upgrades are more frequent than desktop operating systems, but so far, related manufacturers usually release only one version per year. Shortening the upgrade cycle to a quarter is not easy.
Mozilla has not provided a specific date for implementing this strategy, so adjustments can still be made to this strategy. It is also unclear when Firefox OS 2.0 will be released. If the launch of the first Firefox OS phone on July 9 is taken as the starting point, then Mozilla will release two security updates in August and September, and release the next version in October. (Li Li)