Opera releases the final version of mobile browser for Android

Norway's Opera Software on Tuesday presented a stable version of its mobile browser for the operating system Android. Some time ago, the company has released a beta version of the browser, and interested users previously could download it from Google Play. Now the browser matured to a stable version and is recommended for daily use.

According to the company, the stable version of Opera for Android has received a new interface and greatly revamped engine. Recall that an early beta version of the Opera browser for Android is designed to run the engine Chromium 26. In the new version, it has been finalized. Recall that Chromium - is an open layout engine, which oversees the development and use Google browser Chrome.


Since the Android-version of Opera and Google Chrome is used largely shared code base and engines, and then in the Web performance tests, such as Sunspider or Google Octane they show approximately equal results. Opera posted on the website of media materials illustrating the Opera for Android on Nexus smartphone example 4. The company pay attention to the fact that the browser only works on Android 2.3 or newer.

The developers of Opera Software, announced the day before the browser, offers users working with their product, suggest a focus on custom amenities. Such as the function of "Best Practices", with which you can quickly find any interesting content, page by sliding the home screen to the right. This function can be compared to the personal assistant to the browser: it looks for the latest news and communicates by those he needed.

"Most people get a little information from the Internet," - says the executive vice president of Consumer Products at Opera Software Rikard Gillemyr. "Every day we look at the same sites, and find out the latest news in transport on the way to work. Developing a new browser, our company has sought to ensure that people can find interesting content comfortably and without much effort."

"The beauty of the Opera browser for Android is expressed in functions, including setting the page display. This function allows you to view web pages in any format without scrolling. Elegance of the new browser is enclosed in a modified form as the address bar and search box, which now represent a single convenient tool. switch from one open Web page to another can be just one touch of a finger on a visual overview of the open pages "- said in a statement, Opera.