# Add-on support in new Firefox for Android

**URL:** <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/add-on-support-in-new-firefox-for-android/53488>\
**Category:** Add-on Support\
**Created:** [February 7, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/add-on-support-in-new-firefox-for-android/53488 "2020-02-07T22:39:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![janghou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@janghou](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/janghou)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/add-on-support-in-new-firefox-for-android/53488/139 "2020-12-28T19:27:40Z")

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Should have posted in this thread. Sorry, didn’t see it in time.

> [@Support omnibox api in Android](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/support-omnibox-api-in-android/72580):
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> Now the new Android versions have dropped the support for [keyword search](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-search-from-address-bar), which is a big loss IMHO, we desperately need support for the [omnibox](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/omnibox) API on Android. Why is the loss of keyword search a big issue? I have dozens of keyword search bookmarks. Sure I can change them to search engines, but instead of typing g search [enter] (1) or h search [enter] (1) etc, I have to type search (1) click Search engine (2) scroll to the desired search engine (in a list of +40) (3) and click [enter] (4). I…

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