Mozilla announced a few months ago that it will not release any Firefox smartphones in the future, but it will continue to support the OS for a while.
Today, the company
confirmed that it will discontinue Firefox OS development for smartphones after release 2.6: “We will end development on Firefox OS for smartphones after the version 2.6 release.”
But that's not all, as Mozilla also announced that beginning March 29, Marketplace will no longer accept submissions for Android, Desktop and Tablet.
Also, Mozilla will remove all apps that don't support Firefox OS. Surprisingly, Firefox OS compatible apps will continue to be accepted into 2017 since the company have yet to decide a date for when they will stop accepting these apps in the Marketplace.
According to Mozilla, the decisions made today are substantial, and the main reason they have been taken is to ensure the company can focus all its resources on “bringing the power of the web to IoT.”
No support for Firefox OS after May
