Two advanced features for a smartphone browser are coming to help make Opera Mobile for Android handle more than just text and graphics. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Opera for Android users will notice a big change in the appearance of their browser soon as Opera began rolling out an update yesterday. The redesigned interface is built from the ground-up and is ...

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There are two types of people in the world: Those with an enormous number of tabs open and those who close all their browser tabs. If you are in the first group, the newest Opera update for Android ...

Opera for Android v48, released today, has added support for blocking annoying cookie popups that have been pestering web users for the past few years. This makes Opera the first and only browser ...

Opera Mini, the little brother to Opera’s regular mobile browser, is getting a major makeover on Android today. The company says the new design, which is pretty much in line with the regular Opera ...

In a bid to stay ahead of competition, the Opera Mini – which caught the fancy of mobile users during the days of slow network connections, low download speeds and underpowered devices – is firming up ...

Opera for Android is getting a free, built-in virtual private network (VPN) service as part of version 51 following a round of testing earlier this year. The Norwegian browser developer positions the ...

Opera’s Android browser is getting a free, built-in VPN service. The company announced in a blog post that it’s testing the VPN in the beta version of its browser. It says the VPN has no limits and ...

When Opera announced that it was shutting down its VPN app for iOS and Android last year, it appeared as though it was gone forever. In fact, Opera directed users toward SurfEasy Total VPN with deep ...

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Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Opera is releasing a new Android web browser today with a couple of clever ...