Mozilla announced the return of the Firefox Test Pilot program earlier this week, but the platform has re-focused from a sandbox-type incubator to a more evolved beta testing platform.
Mozilla has brought back the Firefox Test Pilot program with the beta release of the Firefox Private Network VPN service, the latest addition in the company’s ongoing effort to build a more private browsing experience. The redesigned Test Pilot platform has been refined to focus on products that are nearly ready for public release rather than novel ideas that may be groundbreaking but also unrealistic.
"The difference with the newly relaunched Test Pilot program is that these products and services may be outside the Firefox browser, and we will be far more polished, and just one step shy of general public release,” the Mozilla team explains.
“One of the key learnings from recent events is that there is growing demand for privacy features,” Mozilla’s Marissa Wood wrote. “The Firefox Private Network is an extension which provides a secure, encrypted path to the web to protect your connection and your personal information anywhere and everywhere you use your Firefox browser.”