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Mozilla Ships WebGPU in Firefox 141, Catching Up To Chrome's 2023 Launch (wordpress.com)

(Thursday July 17, 2025 @05:40PM (msmash) from the better-late-than-never dept.)


Mozilla will [1]ship WebGPU support in Firefox 141 when the browser launches July 22, bringing graphics processing capabilities that Chrome users have had since 2023. The initial release supports Windows only, with Mac, Linux, and Android planned for the coming months.

WebGPU provides web content direct access to graphics processors for high-performance computation and rendering in games and complex 3D applications. Chrome gained WebGPU support with version 113 in 2023, while Safari 26 is expected to add the feature this fall. Firefox's implementation uses the WGPU Rust crate, which translates web requests into native commands for Direct3D 12, Metal, or Vulkan.



[1] https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/shipping-webgpu-on-windows-in-firefox-141/


Ugh (Score:2)

by Anubis350 ( 772791 )

Am I the only one who doesnt want my browser to have that level of access to the GPU?

Re:Ugh (Score:5, Insightful)

by drinkypoo ( 153816 )

As long as I can deny it the same way I can access to the microphone or camera, I'm happy about it.

Re: (Score:3)

by 93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 )

I'd say "doesn't want" is too strong... it'd be more accurate to say "couldn't care less" - at least for me.

Side note... I wonder if the same story submitter, posting about a hypothetical future version of Chrome that finally eliminates third-party cookies, would use phrasing like "finally giving Chrome users a small amount of improved privacy that Firefox and Safari users have enjoyed since 2015." I suspect not.

Re: (Score:2)

by markdavis ( 642305 )

> "I wonder if the same story submitter, posting about a hypothetical future version of Chrome that finally eliminates third-party cookies, would use phrasing like "finally giving Chrome users a small amount of improved privacy that Firefox and Safari users have enjoyed since 2015." I suspect not."

^^^ THIS, exactly

In any case, I don't think I would have much use for WebGPU, myself.

Re: (Score:3)

by The-Ixian ( 168184 )

Yeah, I feel like this should be a whole separate for-purpose browser product.

I assume this is just for game streaming.

This is just a whole new avenue for more browser fingerprinting techniques, as if we don't already have enough of those.

The OS doesn't matter any longer. (Score:2)

by JamesTRexx ( 675890 )

..when the browser is the OS.

Re: (Score:2)

by doconnor ( 134648 )

Bill Gates was right to try and destroy it.

Anyone using this? (Score:2)

by ISayWeOnlyToBePolite ( 721679 )

I can only find demo code. Is anyone using this now or working on anything?

Re: (Score:2)

by tizan ( 925212 )

Web browser based ai agents seem to be using it.

Is this compulsory or just optional (Score:2)

by rossdee ( 243626 )

Do we get the choice on install?

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