Where Android and iOS are the kings of OS in the smartphone market, Firefox OS is taking its steps one by one. You will hardly find a Firefox OS phone in a mobile store, but Firefox OS is something that you will want on your smartphone. As like iOS and Android Firefox OS is made for phone, tablets and smart TV designed by your famous browser maker- Mozilla and external contributor. Firefox OS is an open-source OS, which allows to run web application. To make Firefox OS popular they have launched an android app which allows you to experience Firefox OS on Android device without flashing or installing Firefox OS for Android which is available for some selected Android Phone.
This is basically an experimental app name Firefox OS 2.5 Developer Preview for Android devices, to try Firefox OS on Android device. This you give a complete user experience of Firefox OS 2.6.0 which is the latest version of Firefox OS on that time I am writing this. After installing this APK file you will feel like you are using a Firefox OS device, though there are some shortcomings like in my device back button was not working. Its very heavy app and access lots of RAM so if if your device is not that much hi config then you may face problems. But in terms of experience of Firefox OS its nice and you can use this for your daily use just by making it default launcher and you will not face any problem running any app whether a default app or your old android app.
Its also has a marketplace like in Android Google Play store. But I was facing when I tried to install an app from the Marketplace and that’s normal as this app build for Firefox platform not Android.
So how to get try Firefox OS on Android Device?
To experience Firefox OS on Android Phone you just need to install an APK file. Go to this link and download the 88MB apk file and install on your Android device. Once the installation job finished, just run it and allow it to configure itself, then you are ready to use it.
Lastly, I will recommend you to try this app and experience on Your Android Phone to emulate Firefox on Android. If you really like the Firefox OS then you can give a try to flash Firefox OS on your Android Phone provide you are a pro user.