- Mozilla lifts 50GB monthly data cap on Firefox’s free built-in VPN
- The offering includes 28 locations to navigate from, up from the standard five sets.
- It all goes back to the usual data cap and five locations on September 1
A free VPN built right into your browser is a rare thing, and over the coming months, Firefox will make its version even more attractive. Mozilla has announced that it is temporarily removing the data cap on its free built-in VPN, giving eligible users unlimited bandwidth for the summer season.
Until now, Firefox’s free built-in VPN offered users 50 GB of free bandwidth every month. Until August 31, this limit disappears completely, so there’s a lot more room to browse privately while you travel, access public Wi-Fi, or log in from a new location.
In addition to unlimited bandwidth, Mozilla also opens access to 28 countries to browse from during this period. A serious upgrade over its standard set of locations, covering just five countries.
It’s a generous move for something built into a browser for free, and a reminder that you don’t always need to pay for one of the best VPN services to get a taste of private browsing.
What’s new this summer
The title change in the Firefox blog post is simple: the 50GB monthly bandwidth cap is gone for the summer, replaced by unlimited usage in Firefox between now and August 31.
During the promotion, Mozilla is also opening its network to servers in 28 countries from which you can connect, giving you a much wider range of places to browse than usual (Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom and United States).
Additional countries available during the summer are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Norway and South Africa.
Firefox VPN is not available everywhere. The browser only offers this feature in countries listed by Mozilla on its support page.
What is the built-in Firefox VPN and how to use it
Mozilla launched the free built-in VPN with Firefox 149. It started as a beta for Firefox desktop users in the US, UK, Germany, and France, with more countries planned in subsequent releases. The browser then got location selection, allowing users to choose which country to browse from.
Unlike a traditional virtual private network (VPN) app, this one only covers your browser. Once enabled, Firefox routes your browsing traffic through its encrypted proxy network that swaps your IP address before it hits a website, so sites you visit see the proxy’s IP address rather than yours.
Firefox already encrypts your traffic with HTTPS, and hiding your IP address adds another layer of privacy, which is especially handy on public Wi-Fi networks like the one at your local coffee shop.
The feature is hidden behind a toggle and you can manage it at any time. Settings > Privacy & Security > VPN. If a particular website misbehaves while the VPN is active, you can disable the VPN for that site directly from the panel or add sites to a list in the advanced settings so that they never connect over the VPN.
If you want to try private browsing without signing up for a subscription, this is a good window to do so.
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