B2G/Roadmap
This is an overview of the current Firefox OS engineering roadmap. Information on this page is subject to frequent updates and changes.
Feature Complete (FC) dates
FC means Feature Complete. At this date driving is handed over to the chipset vendor to stabilize the release for productization.
- FFOS 1.2 FC date: September 15
- FFOS 1.3 FC date: December 9
The current planning is to continue with FFOS releases every 12 weeks, aligned with the Firefox/Gecko release trains.
Disclaimer: FC dates are subject to change, based on changes in the productization timelines.
Feature backlog
We maintain a public backlog [1] of features for Firefox OS. Our engineering community of Mozilla engineers, partner engineers and contributors pick and prioritize features from this backlog. To propose additions to the backlog, please contact ffos-product@mozilla.org.
Upcoming releases
We have committed a number of features for the next releases. We are confident that these features will make the 1.2 release. In addition, we have a backlog of features we are working on that will make the next available train and might land in FFOS 1.2 or 1.3, depending on when they are stable enough to be turned on by default in 1.2.
Committed 1.2 Features
- Communication: Redial last number (887488, 887545)
- Communication: Bluetooth contacts sharing (887534, 887663)
- Communication: Contact export to USIM (887673)
- Communication: Export Contact to media card (887776)
- Communication: Fixed dialing number (FDN) support (888902, 888912, 888919)
- Communication: Conference calling (887680, 887686, 887764)
- Communication: Silent SMS (816564)
- Communication: Improvements to contact import (887783, 894851)
- Communication: Improvements to incoming call design (887802)
- Communication: USSD code improvements (CLIP, CLIR, Call Barring, Call on Hold, Call waiting) (891345, 892498, 894871, 893727, 833754, 890831, 890912, 897441)
- Settings: CE: Audio volume warning (891687)
- Settings: Keyboard IME framework (891678)
- Productivity: Email notifications (892519, 892521, 892522, 892523)
- Productivity: Email sync internal settings (892518)
- Graphics/Audio: Microphone API
- Browser: Enhanced responsiveness/rendering
- System: Multi-resolution support (WVGA, qHD) (891685)
- System: Customization management (891723, 891724, 891725, 892938, 891726)
- Media: Music player status on homescreen (891014)
Additional Features targeted for 1.2
We would like to deliver these features in 1.2, but they will be postponed to 1.3 if they are not ready in time. We will not hold the 1.2 release for any of these features.
- DNT: three-state setting
- Email: message body format improvements
- Email: push notifications
- Email: setting for automatic attachment download (838013)
- Email: multi-recipient contact selection
- System: Closing/replacing notifications (892528, 892530)
- System: Persona on first run (897600, 897604)
- Media: Speaker out for FM radio (854753)
- RIL: Wifi/hybrid aGPS positioning
- RIL: CDMA support
- RIL: OMA CP (focus on telephony)
- RIL: WAP Push
- RIL: SIMTK improvements
Features targeted for 1.3
Currently none of these features are committed. We will select committed features after the 1.2 train has wrapped up.
- Communication: Bi-directional contact sync/linking
- Settings: Cost control improvements
- Settings: Keyboard: entry/preview performance, dynamic hit states
- Settings: File manager platform support
- Email: Advance to next/previous message from within message
- Email: support audio/video attachments
- Graphics/Audio: System wide volume control
- Graphics/Audio: RTSP
- Graphics/Audio: Opus support
- Graphics/Audio: WebRTC platform support
- Browser: Additional settings (private browsing, sharing options, etc.)
- System: Improved offline support
- System: Device Info API
- System: OS visual refresh (lock and home screen)
- System: Global account management
- Media: User privacy enhancements when sharing photos
- Media: Video player fast forward/rewind
- Media: Additional file info display in Video player
- Media: Advanced camera capabilities/photo sharing
- Media: Gallery: rename/view file info
- RIL: Bluetooth A2DP
- RIL: Bluetooth AVRCP
- RIL: Seamless streaming network handoff
- RIL: NFC platform support
- RIL: EAP-SIM