This feature is only available in English locales in the US and Canada only.
Smart Window can watch webpages for changes and notify you when something you're interested in changes. For example, you can create a task to watch for price drops. You can have up to 15 active tasks.
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Create a task
After updating Firefox, you may see a message in Smart Window explaining that it can watch a webpage and let you know when something changes.
To create a task:
- Click .
- Enter a name for your task.
- Describe what you want Smart Window to watch for. The more detail you’re able to provide here, the better.
- Add the webpages you want to watch. You can watch up to five webpages per task.
- Choose how often and when Smart Window should check for changes.
- Click .
Create a task from chat
You can also create a task directly from the Smart Window chat:
- Type /watch in the chat box.
- Fill in the details about what you want to watch and click .
- Create the task when you're finished.
Manage tasks in Smart Window
Click the Tasks icon in the toolbar, to view and manage your tasks.
To edit, delete, pause and resume tasks, click and review all the tasks under about:smartwindowtasks.
Edit a task
- Select the task you want to edit.
- Click .
- Make your changes.
- Click .
Delete a task
- Select the task you want to delete.
- Scroll down and select the Delete icon.
- When Smart Window asks you to confirm, click .
Pause or resume a task
You can pause a task when you no longer want to watch a page, but may want to later.
- Select the task you want to pause.
- Scroll down and click the button.
To resume the task, select the task you paused and click .
How you’ll get notified
Firefox sends you a desktop notification when there’s a match for what you’re watching. Clicking the notification opens the page or pages you’re watching. A green dot also appears on the Tasks button in the toolbar, to let you know there’s a new match. Open the Tasks panel to see the latest for your tasks.
Note: On macOS, desktop notifications are turned off by default. To enable them, open System Settings → Notifications, select Firefox, and turn on Allow notifications.