Opera Mini web browser powers Samsung Gear S Opera Mini has become the first web browser on Samsung’s Gear S, the Tizen-based wearable device platform. Users of this new smart watch will be able to enjoy web browsing from their wrists, Opera Software announced today. With more than 250 million monthly users around the world, […]
Opera Max extends the life of data plans by up to 50% – for free Using mobile data in Latin America just became much cheaper. Starting today, Latin Americans can download Opera Max, a free app for Android that provides data savings and management. This unique app gives users up to 50% more use out […]
Android users up by 160%, finds the State of the Android Mobile Web report by Opera Software Migration to Android phones continues to soar in India, according to the latest State of the Android Mobile Web report for India by Opera Software. The number of Android users across the entire country has increased dramatically, and […]
Opera renews partnership to preinstall Opera Mini on all upcoming Micromax Android devices Opera Software and Micromax, one of the world’s largest handset manufacturers, have announced that they have extended the time frame of their partnership to preinstall Opera Mini as an exclusive third-party mobile web browser on all Android devices launched by Micromax. These […]
Opera Max data-savings app to be embedded into MediaTek’s LTE System on Chips Opera Max, a data-savings app for Android phones, will be embedded into MediaTek’s LTE System on a Chip (SoC). The first two MediaTek SoCs to be shipped with Opera Max are the high-performing 64-bit LTE SoCs MT6752 and MT6732 chips. Opera Max […]
New technology enables mobile operators to quickly deliver high-quality audio streaming to subscribers without buffering or stalling Opera Software’s Skyfire unit has added streaming audio optimization as a new feature to Rocket Optimizer, its NFV-ready video and data optimization platform for mobile operators, the company announced today. A recent study by research firm Strategy Analytics […]
100 million Android active users are now accessing the web using Opera’s browsers, twice as many as one year ago, Opera Software announced today. India, followed by China, Indonesia, Russia and Mexico have the largest number of Opera users on Android. “We are working hard to make fast, secure and easy-to-use web browsers, and I […]
Opera Mini will become the default web browser for Microsoft’s existing feature phones and Asha phones portfolio, Opera Software today announced. The licensing agreement applies to mobile phones based on the Series 30+, Series 40 and Asha software platforms. As part of the agreement, people who use the current browser for these phones, Xpress, will […]
Opera Software and Robi Axiata, the second-largest mobile operator in Bangladesh in terms of revenue, have signed an agreement to offer a co-branded Opera Mini web browser for Robi subscribers. Opera Mini is a cloud-based browser that compresses data by up to 90% and works on almost all kinds of mobile handsets. Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, […]
Leading Vietnamese smartphone brand Mobiistar will preinstall Opera Max on selected phone models, in a partnership that marks the debut of Opera Software’s compression app in Vietnam. Opera Max is an app that provides data savings across most of the apps and browsers on a device. Opera has leveraged its market-leading video and data compression […]
