View articles recommended by Pocket on your Firefox New Tab and homepage

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  • Revision id: 258617
  • Created:
  • Creator: Mozinet
  • Comment: templates, usual wording, and correction
  • Reviewed: Yes
  • Reviewed:
  • Reviewed by: justman10000
  • Is approved? Yes
  • Is current revision? No
  • Ready for localization: Yes
  • Readied for localization:
  • Readied for localization by: justman10000
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You can view articles and topics recommended by Pocket on your Firefox for desktop homepage. Pocket is a free service that makes it easy to discover great content that’s personalized to your interests. Pocket recommendations are turned on by default for U.S. and Canada.

Pocket article recommendations will appear under Recommended by Pocket. The articles are scrollable horizontally.

To turn Pocket recommendations on or off

  1. Click on the setting symbol on the top right hand corner of your homepage.
  2. Click the switch next to Recommended by Pocket to turn it on or off.

What if I can’t see the option to turn Pocket recommendation on?

Warning: These instructions are for experienced Firefox users. Changing settings in the Configuration Editor (about:config) can have serious effects on your browser’s stability, security and performance.
Only proceed if you are comfortable with advanced settings and understand the potential impacts.

  1. Type about:config in the address bar and press EnterReturn.
    A warning page may appear. Click Accept the Risk and Continue to go to the about:config page.
  2. Click the Toggle Fx71aboutconfig-ToggleButton button next to the browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.system.topstories preference to toggle its value to true.
  3. Restart Firefox.