Mozilla is running a summer promotion that lifts the monthly data cap on Firefox’s free built-in VPN — but only until August 31, 2026. During the same period, Mozilla is also expanding the list of available server locations from the usual five to a far more generous 28.
The extra locations added for the promotion include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and Thailand.
Being able to pick a specific server matters when location is more important than raw speed; by default, Firefox VPN connects you to the fastest server, which is usually the nearest one. That manual server-selection option arrived with Firefox 151 back in May, though it’s still rolling out gradually and isn’t switched on for everyone yet.
Once the promotion ends on September 1, free accounts revert to a 50GB monthly data limit and the smaller set of locations. The limited-time offer is presumably meant to give people a taste of the paid Mozilla VPN service.
The built-in VPN is included free with Firefox in the US, UK, France, Germany and Canada. There are no add-ons to install — it’s baked into desktop Firefox — but you do need to sign in with a free Mozilla account to switch it on, and access is granted server-side as part of a progressive rollout.
It’s a browser-only VPN rather than a system-wide one, but it does support per-site exceptions, so you can stop specific websites from being routed through it — handy for sites that need to see your real location.
Source: OMG! Ubuntu
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