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Mozilla officially acquires Pocket, a popular read-it-later app
June 02, 2025
You may have the app. You may have it as an add-on. Or maybe both. The chances are you’ve probably heard of Pocket, an incredibly popular app that lets you save articles, websites, photos, and videos so you’re able to view them later across your devices. And it doesn’t even require Wi-Fi! This start-up, which boasts 22 million users, has officially been acquired by Mozilla after 10 years since its launch. According to the company behind the Firefox browser, Pocket will become a part of the Mozilla open-source project.
Pocketis a nifty app that works across Android, iOS, web browsers, and Kobo. Essentially, it lets you save websites so you may read them later whether you have an Internet connection or not, and you can even save directly from third-party apps like Twitter or Flipboard. It becomes particularly useful when you’re in a rush and want to save what you were reading for later, or if you’re about to get on a 12-hour flight and you just want to have a few things to read and watch to keep you entertained on the plane.
Well, today the company has announced that it will be joining forces with Mozilla. Although the details regarding the acquisition have not been revealed, Nate Weiner, CEO of the company, assures that it will continue to operate as a wholly-owned, independent subsidiary of Mozilla and that its existing roadmap has only been reinforced. In terms of what Mozilla brings to Pocket, he explains:
Although terms of the deal aren’t available, it sounds like Pocket will continue to exist as we know it for the time being. Just under the Mozilla banner.
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