He was referring to the lack of a cross-platform account, which Opera foreswears, but rivals rely on. " scan a QR to sync," Kocemba said during his on-stage demonstration.
While other browsers have long had tab and history synchronization between their mobile and desktop editions - Safari does, Chrome does, so does Firefox - so that open tabs, say, on an iPhone would be replicated on a Windows personal computer, Opera on Wednesday trumpeted the feature as if it were brand new.
"In Opera Touch, setting up the connection between your smartphone and your desktop browser takes only one step," according to a statement quoting Kocemba on the new browser-to-browser sync. It also doubles, as shown, as a search tool for sifting through open tabs.īut when the mobile and desktop versions are paired, said Opera, they're more than the sum of their parts. Opera on the desktop – here, running on macOS – sports a new focused search feature, which overlays the search box and results, atop the current web page. The same tool also lets users search through all open tabs with a toggle of - yes, the Tab key - a godsend for those who love to crowd the browser with tons of tabs. A search field opens, accepts input and then the screen displays results, all atop the current web page so users don't have to backtrack after a successful search. A new tool, called "Instant Search," opens with a press of the Alt-space key combination (on Windows and Linux) or Option-space (macOS). "Unlike in most other browsers, you can now more easily browse and search the web when on the move," Kocemba added in an accompanying Wednesday post to the company's blog.Īt the same time, Opera updated its desktop browser - editions are available for Windows, macOS and Linux - to also emphasize search. He then showed how designers had cast the browser's UI (user interface) so that buttons and functions, including search and tabs, are all within reach of the user's thumb. "The current browsers are not doing their job properly," argued Maciej Kocemba, an Opera product manager, during an early-Wednesday live-streamed launch event that was made available later as a recording.
The Oslo-based browser maker rolled out Opera Touch, an Android application that features one-hand operation and focuses on search, with the latter dominating the screen as users launch Touch.
Today, Opera offers users a range of products and services that include PC and mobile browsers, the news reader Opera News, and fintech and classifieds apps.Opera Software today launched a new mobile browser dubbed Touch and upgraded its desktop browser so that the two can better stay in sync. Building on over 20 years of innovation, starting with browser products, Opera is increasingly leveraging its brand as well as its massive and highly active user base in order to expand its offerings and business. Opera is a leading global internet brand with a base of over 380 million monthly active users. Flow makes it possible for users to share files, links, YouTube videos, photos, and personal notes with themselves, between their Opera mobile and desktop browsers. The Sync feature will then synchronize all their passwords, bookmarks, speed dials, typed browsing history and open tabs, as well as the newly-integrated Flow.
Users can now navigate to /connect on their computer or tablet and scan the QR code displayed there with the QR-code reader in Opera for Android. In the new version of Opera for Android, Opera removes many of the traditional hurdles associated with syncing devices: the need to remember various lengthy logins and passwords.
When attaching files in the Opera browser, Easy Files presents the users’ most recently downloaded files in a visual form, helping them select the desired files quickly, without having to search through folders or to remember the files’ names. Meanwhile, the newest Opera desktop browser comes with the useful Easy Files feature.
The Opera browser for Android also comes with the popular Flow feature known from Opera Touch, and the new Suggested Sites feature on the homepage. The new version of Opera’s flagship browser for Android is shipping with a completely redesigned Sync feature that uses a QR-code scan to establish a connection between Opera on an Android device and the Opera desktop browser on Windows, MacOS or Linux. Opera for Android is reaching version 60 and Opera for desktop version 71. The release is happening in parallel to celebrate the completely redesigned sync capabilities between the browsers. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Opera is releasing new versions of its Android and desktop browsers today.