Windows 10 will reach EOS (end of support) on October 14, 2025. For more information, see this article.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Firefox auto launches the Google Play store?

more options

Getting a weird issue. When I open Firefox Beta, if it is not already running it loses focus on Firefox and pops open the Google Play Store over the top of Firefox on its Firefox Beta page. It's doing this consistently and repeatably. I'm on a Samsung Galaxy A52 5G on the latest update of Android 14.

Getting a weird issue. When I open Firefox Beta, if it is not already running it loses focus on Firefox and pops open the Google Play Store over the top of Firefox on its Firefox Beta page. It's doing this consistently and repeatably. I'm on a Samsung Galaxy A52 5G on the latest update of Android 14.

Chosen solution

metiscus said

I resolved it on my phone by doing this. I am running the latest nightly.
  1. activate debug mode by settings, about, tap icon until you see the toast for enabling debug
  2. settings - nimbus experiments - (scroll to bottom) - tap enable custom review prompt - tap control
This disables that experiment which I believe is what is causing the issue. At least, disabling it resolved the issue on my phone. I will note that in the secret settings I also disabled the tab manager "enhancements" just in case that is somehow relevant but I doubt it is.
Read this answer in context 👍 7

All Replies (6)

more options

Same for me, although on Firefox Nightly. It's so annoying. For me, it does stop if I close the Play Store about 3 times in a row. It comes back after a while, but at least I can get a few hours or relief.

It's happening both on my Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ (both on Android 15). It happened after the last update to Firefox nightly. Once it's fixed, I guess I'll just stop updating the app for a while.

Have you tried rolling back to a prior version? I'm seriously considering doing this and reinstalling with a former APK version.

Modified by Kathleen

Helpful?

more options

Chosen Solution

metiscus said

I resolved it on my phone by doing this. I am running the latest nightly.
  1. activate debug mode by settings, about, tap icon until you see the toast for enabling debug
  2. settings - nimbus experiments - (scroll to bottom) - tap enable custom review prompt - tap control
This disables that experiment which I believe is what is causing the issue. At least, disabling it resolved the issue on my phone. I will note that in the secret settings I also disabled the tab manager "enhancements" just in case that is somehow relevant but I doubt it is.

Helpful?

more options

It has been happening with me too on FF Beta for about 2 days, probably since the last update.

I have tried setting my Homepage to "Last tab", and when opening the browser that way (provided there is an open tab), it doesn't open Google Play Store. However , when opening a new homepage tab, it still forces Google Play Store on my screen. I thought Google Play was to blame until I saw this thread.


> settings - nimbus experiments - (scroll to bottom) - tap enable custom review prompt - tap control

The solution above solved the issue for me.

Modified by CheezyPasta

Helpful?

more options

Thank you! I will try this (nimbus experiments - (scroll to bottom) - tap enable custom review prompt - tap control) and see how it goes.

And I agree that I don't think the tab manager enhancements is the issue as I disabled that before this was happening.

Helpful?

more options

That worked! Thank you so much!

Helpful?

more options

Helpful?

Ask a question

You must log in to your account to reply to posts. Please start a new question, if you do not have an account yet.