Oslo, Norway – 6 May, 2025 – Opera, the Norwegian browser maker, is introducing a new tab management system to its flagship browser for Android. With Version 89, Opera for Android users will have access to new tab gallery layouts that come with new features, including options for customization, the introduction of Tab Islands, and the ability to search for open tabs, reopen recently closed tabs, or mute them altogether. Today’s update makes Opera the leading mobile browser for tab management, giving Android users comprehensive tools to organize their tabs without feeling overwhelmed. “Many of our users love tabs and have been requesting new ways of working with them. As always, we’ve listened carefully and are following through today by releasing the most comprehensive tab management system of any mobile browser,” said Stefan Stjernelund, VP of Product, Opera for Android Thirty years of tab innovationOpera has been making web browsers for thirty years, during which the question of how to organize different layers of information has always been subject to innovation. That’s why Opera was the first one to introduce tabs in the browser back in 1996, when it was called Multiple Document Interface. And later, in the year 2000, Opera introduced the Tabbed Document Interface that is currently known as tabs. Opera continues to innovate new ways in which users can interact with the web. A recent study conducted by Opera showed that over 15% of Android users have at least fifteen tabs open at any given time, while more than 25% of Opera users on the platform keep thirty or more tabs open. Based on these findings, Opera has designed a comprehensive new system for mobile tab management to help users better organize their tabs while on the go. The best tab management system out there: what’s new?Opera for Android 89 introduces the best tab management system for Android devices. It provides users with the most features that together offer the most comprehensive tab management experience for both tab hoarders and minimalists alike.  Users will be able to choose between three different tab layouts – carousel, grid, and list – to find the configuration that best suits their browsing preferences. They can quickly change the layout of their tabs by pressing the button on the far left of the redesigned tab gallery menu.  Additionally, this update sees the arrival of Tab Islands in Opera for Android. This feature lets users manually group tabs by long pressing any tab and then dragging it on top of another. Once a Tab Island is created, it can be renamed and also moved around within the new tab layout. Tab Islands are also created automatically when a user long presses a link in a webpage to open a new tab, thereby grouping the tabs in a contextual way. Users can therefore open several tabs without generating clutter within their mobile browser, as Opera for Android maintains order more effectively than before.  With this update, users will also be able to quickly access all recently closed tabs and restore them if needed. To do so, they can tap on the recently closed tabs button in the tab gallery (the second one to the left), and then swipe right on the webpage or Tab Island they want to restore; the recently closed tabs feature shows users their last one hundred closed tabs. Opera for Android version 89 additionally includes a feature that lets users search for any specific tab from the tab gallery. They can do this by tapping the magnifying glass icon in the top right corner and typing the webpage’s name or something related to it. This makes it easier for users to quickly find the exact tab they are looking for when they have several of them open at once. Finally, this update introduces a feature that lets users mute a specific tab – this means that they can silence a tab instead of having to shut down the audio from their device entirely. To mute a tab, users can simply press the speaker button that appears on the tab gallery on all the tabs that are currently playing audio.  Together, these features represent a tab management system that’s unique to Opera, and that Android users can now access by downloading the browser here. About Opera for Android Opera for Android is Opera’s flagship mobile browser. Focused on power and security, the browser enables you to peruse the web more quickly and privately, offering features such as free AI tool Aria, free VPN and VPN Pro as well as built-in ad blocker and tracker blocker. Opera for Android has a 4.8 star rating on Google Play, and has been downloaded by more than 100 million users worldwide | ↑ |
San Francisco, CA – April 29, 2025 – MiniPay, Opera’s ultralight self-custodial stablecoin wallet built on Celo, is taking another step in simplifying access to stablecoins through a new integration with Binance Connect, Binance’s official fiat-to-crypto gateway. This move unlocks seamless fiat on-ramps and expands payment options for users globally, significantly enhancing accessibility to digital assets. The partnership addresses one of the biggest and persistent barriers to Web3 adoption: converting local currency into digital assets in a fast, affordable, and trustworthy way. “From day one, MiniPay has been about practical access to digital finance,” said Jorgen Arnesen, EVP Mobile at Opera. “Integrating Binance Connect is a key milestone in our ongoing collaboration with Binance, enabling us to bring even more value to users. With Binance’s global reach and deep liquidity, we’re bringing the stablecoin experience one step closer to everyday usage.” Scaling up real-world stablecoin use MiniPay is built on Celo, a mobile-first, carbon-negative blockchain designed for fast, low-cost payments. Celo’s sub-second finality and low fees provide the foundation for MiniPay’s seamless experience, which adds features like phone-number based wallet UX, gas abstraction, and a self-custodial design to make sending and receiving stablecoins as easy as texting. Launched first in September 2023 as an integration in the Opera Mini browser, MiniPay has since expanded to more than 50 countries, surpassing 7 million activated wallets. It is now also available as a standalone Android app, with an iOS version coming soon. MiniPay’s native ecosystem includes a range of Mini Apps for various use cases, including local utility bill payments, donations, and music streaming, that generate over 50 million weekly impressions and 5 million weekly app openings. The integration of Binance Connect adds powerful new rails to MiniPay’s growing network of on/off-ramp partners and marks a key step in its evolution from a lightweight wallet to a practical tool for savings, peer-to-peer transfers, cross-border payments, and everyday commerce. This milestone deepens MiniPay’s relationships with both Binance and the Celo ecosystem, and is part of a shared long-term mission to expand real-world stablecoin utility and lower barriers to Web3 adoption. As Celo recently celebrated its fifth anniversary – and following a successful transition to Ethereum Layer-2 – the integration underscores the network’s continued leadership in delivering scalable, user-friendly infrastructure tailored to mobile users in emerging and frontier markets. “We’re thrilled to see our valued partners join forces to support the next wave of adoption on Celo,” said Isha Varshney, Celo Foundation’s Head of Ecosystem. “Since launch, MiniPay has served as a powerful onboarding tool – coupled with Binance’s over 260 million global users and proven track record as an industry leader, everyday users around the world can access the benefits of our open on-chain economy.” “MiniPay and Binance share a vision for inclusive financial tools that work at a global scale — giving users access not just to stable digital assets, but to real-world utility that fits into daily life,” said Thomas Gregory, Vice President of Fiat at Binance. “With Binance Connect now integrated, users across various regions can move from fiat to stablecoins in seconds. This is the kind of practical infrastructure Web3 needs to onboard the next billion users.” Binance Connect is now live in MiniPay. Users can access it via the Opera Mini browser or download the standalone Android app to start adding cash and transacting with stablecoins today. To learn more, visit https://www.minipay.xyz and https://www.binance.com About MiniPay MiniPay is a lightweight, non-custodial stablecoin wallet built on the Celo blockchain and developed by Opera, designed to make digital finance accessible, affordable, and user-friendly—especially across emerging markets. Integrated directly into the Opera Mini browser and available as a standalone Android app, MiniPay enables users to send, receive, and save stablecoins like cUSD, USDC, and USDT with sub-cent fees, no gas management, and a phone number-linked experience. Since its launch in 2023, MiniPay has expanded to 53 countries and surpassed 7 million activated wallets, making it one of the fastest-growing stablecoin wallets globally. Learn more at www.minipay.xyz About Binance Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. Binance is trusted by more than 260 million people in 100+ countries for its industry-leading security, transparency, trading engine speed, protections for investors, and unmatched portfolio of digital asset products and offerings from trading and finance to education, research, social good, payments, institutional services, and Web3 features. Binance is devoted to building an inclusive crypto ecosystem to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world with crypto as the fundamental means. About Binance Connect Powered by Binance, Binance Connect is a comprehensive fiat-to-crypto solution that provides access to Binance’s global liquidity and an extensive array of payment methods. Its mission is to simplify access to cryptocurrencies and Web3 services worldwide. About Celo Celo is an Ethereum Layer-2 and mobile-forward blockchain network built for the real world and designed for fast, low-cost payments worldwide. The Celo ecosystem consists of a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain technology stack (the Celo Platform), the CELO native token, USDC, and USDT (both enabled as gas currencies), several Mento stable assets (cUSD, cEUR, cREAL, eXOF), and popular, blue chip infrastructure including Aave, Uniswap V3, Curve, Chainlink, and Rarible, among others. Launched on Earth Day in 2020, the open-source Celo mainnet supports a rich ecosystem of projects (1,000+) contributing to Celo’s global mission of prosperity for all. 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Oslo, Norway – 28 April 2025 – Opera GX today announced a partnership with the popular street view-based game GeoGuessr, to become the Official Browser of the World Championship 2025, taking place this summer. To further support the community, there will be a surprise for fans of the iconic Opera GX Man avatar within GeoGuessr. “Opera GX is the gaming browser, built for how gamers live online. Our partnership with GeoGuessr’s World Championship is a natural fit. GX offers the customization, control, and browsing features that match the way players engage with games and gaming culture. We are excited to see how this year’s competition plays out.” – Maciej Kocemba, Product Director at Opera GX. GeoGuessr is a widely popular online geography game with a massive global player base, where players explore random street view locations and guess their position on a map. Using visual clues, they earn points based on guess accuracy. Last year’s World Championship in Stockholm saw 24 finalists compete, reaching a peak online viewership of nearly 300,000 across platforms including Twitch and YouTube. The strategic cooperation will see Opera GX powering the entire GeoGuessr World Championship competition, ensuring performance for all players, further enhanced by Opera GX’s signature GX Control feature, which allows users to fine-tune resource allocation for optimal stability and smooth gameplay even during intense browser-based gaming sessions. In addition, Opera GX is creating a GX Man avatar which soon will be available for purchase in GeoGuessr, with all profits contributing to the prize pool. “We’re incredibly excited to be working with partners in the World Championship for the very first time. As one of the world’s largest browser-based games, it feels like a natural fit to collaborate with a browser that is purpose-built for gamers. It’s going to be thrilling to see our pros compete using Opera GX throughout all the Majors and the Finals,” – Mikael Falgard, co-founder and Head of E-sports at GeoGuessr. The key events in GeoGuessr World Championship 2025, include: ? APAC Major – Tokyo, May 18 ? AMERICAS Major – Dallas (@Dreamhack) May 23-25 ? EMEA Major – Jonkoping, Sweden (@Glitched) June 13-15 ? World Finals, Copenhagen, KB Hallen, Aug 29-30 About Opera GX About Opera Opera is a user-centric and innovative software company focused on enabling the best possible internet browsing experience across all devices. Hundreds of millions use Opera web browsers for their unique and secure features on mobile phones and desktop computers. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Opera is a public company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol OPRA. Download the Opera web browsers and other Opera products from opera.com. Learn more about Opera at investor.opera.com. About GeoGuessr | ↑ |
Oslo, Norway – 16 April 2025 – Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA] is adding its browser AI, Aria, to Opera Mini, the Android-based browser with over 100M users worldwide. With this update Opera Mini is offering users across Africa and the world access to AI that can retrieve up-to-date information from the web, serve as a research assistant, help to learn new skills or summarize content online and create images inside the chat. This means Opera Mini is now providing a powerful AI experience integrated in the browser at no additional cost, all while saving data and not impacting the app’s size. “AI is rapidly becoming an integral part of the daily internet experience – bringing Aria to Opera Mini is a natural addition to our most-downloaded browser. With the addition of our built-in AI, Aria, we’re excited to explore how AI can further enhance the feature set our users rely on every day,” said Jorgen Arnesen, EVP Mobile at Opera. Aria browser AI integrates into Opera’s browsers on both desktop and mobile to enable an accessible chat-based interface to AI. It enhances user interaction through information retrieval, text or code generation, image generation and understanding. Aria is powered by Opera’s own Composer AI engine, which utilizes both OpenAI and Google AI technologies to provide the most relevant answers, and it integrates image generation through Google’s Imagen3 fast model. With today’s update, Aria is now available across all Opera browsers. To use Aria, Opera Mini users need to update to the latest version. They can access Aria in the main menu or at the bottom of the start page. Users can then ask questions, generate text and images, summarise text-based content, and get real-time web answers. Opera Mini is the leading browser in Africa, with more than a billion downloads worldwide, thanks to its feature-packed offering – from live football scores to the built-in digital wallet MiniPay. For nearly 20 years, Opera Mini has played a key role in enabling internet access across Africa due to its lightweight design, data compression technology, and partnerships with local network providers to facilitate free data offers of 1.5GB monthly*.  On the African continent, the cost of mobile data as a share of GDP is much higher than in Europe or in Brazil, which highlights the digital divide.* According to a recent Opera survey and as a result of the recent price surge in Nigeria, 59%* of respondents in Nigeria say data is too expensive, and over half admit they often run out of data before the end of the month. In the face of these high data costs, Opera Mini helps bridge the digital gap by offering affordable access to new technologies, including AI-powered features. There are more exciting and unique features coming to Opera Mini soon! Opera Mini can be downloaded or updated via the Google Play Store, with Aria available in the browser. About Opera Mini Launched in 2005, Opera Mini is a small, fast, and powerful browser. It comes with unique features such as Data Compression, Offline File Sharing, and a built-in ad-blocker. Today, Opera Mini has been downloaded over 1 billion times on the Google Play Store by people who chose it over the pre-installed browsers on Android mobile devices. Opera Mini has a 4.6 star rating on Google Play and has been reviewed by more than eight million people worldwide. About Opera Opera is a user-centric and innovative software company focused on enabling the best possible internet browsing experience across all devices. Hundreds of millions use Opera web browsers for their unique and secure features on mobile phones and desktop computers. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Opera is a public company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol OPRA. Download the Opera web browsers and other Opera products from opera.com. Learn more about Opera at investor.opera.com. * Find more information on Opera Blogs | ↑ |
Oslo, Norway – 3 April 2025 – Opera GX is launching a new standalone Roblox game called Hell’s Obby, a competition where up to 25 players have to race up a desolated and obstacle-filled wasteland in a high-stakes battle. Players are equipped with a variety of weapons and gadgets with which to shoot, chop, slap, and outwit their opponents as they summit the realm of Rust and Fire. On top of the in-game rewards, every player gets a chance to earn up to 800 free Robux to spend on their toons. Hell’s Obby is a game produced by Opera GX and developed by Game Changer.  Reach the top of the realm and become the ultimate badass Welcome to Hell’s Obby – a fierce high-stakes tournament and relentless race. In a post-apo world engulfed in flames and dominated by bandits, your aim is to become the badass. This journey throws you into the treacherous realm of Rust and Fire, where you face off against other formidable players. Here, only true badasses will earn titles and achievements by showcasing their unique skills. But in order to win, you must face more than your opponents. The course is chaotic, filled with a myriad of traps that can take you down for good – mistakes are not an option. The goal is simple: reach the summit first or take down all of your opponents. The leaderboard will show who the ultimate badass really is.  Assemble weapons and choose your tactics Players have to be quick and cunning when they start Hell’s Obby. At the outset, they have one weapon and two item slots available in their inventory. Between matches, they can upgrade the number of slots in order to increase their winning chance. The choice of weapon and item is up to them, with more weapons and items available: cannon, guitargun, shotgun, crossbow, lucky shot revolver, meat-grinder gun, baseball bat, axe, petrol scythe, bear trap glove, chopper, grenade, flashbang, oil spill, cryo mine, shield generator, adrenaline shot, and rocket fuel. Weapons and items can give an edge, but are not the only important elements in the game. With lava on their heels, players have to make quick decisions about whether to slow opponents down, push them into traps, or take them out completely. The lava advances every minute, progressively narrowing the playable area and pushing players toward the finish line. Players must stay on the move while competing against each other, because touching the lava means instant elimination.  Connected UGC item distribution and free Robux By winning in Hell’s Obby, players earn coins which they can spend on various character cosmetics like jackets, t-shirts, trousers, shoes, and special GX items. These GX items and skins are UGC items compatible with other Roblox games and game modes. Opera GX has an additional reward for all new players: by completing daily quests, they can earn 800 free Robux to spend in the Roblox store. Hell’s Obby was produced by Opera GX and developed by Game Changer (part of Group One), a metaverse agency specializing in creating gaming experiences and innovative solutions for brands. To play Hell’s Obby, install Roblox and select the game from the menu, or follow this link. About Opera GX About Game Changer | ↑ |
1st April 2025, Oslo, Norway – PC feeling like it’s running on dial-up? Do you constantly see warnings about low disk space? Fear not, because Opera GX is releasing a new limited-time browser shortcut designed to remove unnecessary files, potentially freeing up valuable storage. “We’ve all been there – experiencing frustrating slowdowns due to insufficient free disk space. Created in response to huge user demand, this new shortcut is our way of giving users a quick and easy tool to fight back against sluggish performance and reclaim their digital flow”, said Maciej Kocemba, Product Director at Opera GX.  By simply pressing Alt + Shift + R, users can potentially free up valuable disk space, helping users keep their systems running smoothly and enjoy a better online experience. Check out also other shortcuts designed to tackle some of life’s most pressing digital dilemmas: These shortcuts will only be available for a limited time, so try them out now and experience the glorious chaos before it’s gone. About Opera GX | ↑ |
Oslo, Norway – March 26, 2025 – The Norwegian browser company, Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA], is adding AI Tab Commands to its flagship browser, Opera One. This marks the first time Opera is taking AI out of the chatbox and deploying it to help users manage their tabs. With AI Tab Commands, users can now use their natural language and have their browser organize their tabs. They can, for example, ask Aria, Opera’s browser AI, to close them or group them by topic – to name just two examples. To get Aria to manage their tabs, users simply need to access the Opera browser Command Line through the Ctrl + / (Win) or CMD + / (Mac) shortcut and type a prompt related to their tabs. Aria will understand their natural language and perform the task. Alternatively, with 5 or more tabs open, they can right click a tab and select the “AI Tab Management” option from the drop-down menu. For example, users can tell Aria to “close all wikipedia tabs” or “group all my YouTube tabs” – then it will proceed to perform said tasks for them. “For the tab hoarders out there, this feature will come as a revelation. Let’s say you have over 70 tabs opened and amongst them you have wikipedia sites about your university research. To group them all, you no longer have to find them one by one. Instead, you can tell Aria to group them together. Having them in a one tab island, it’s way easier to continue work on your project.” said Joanna Czajka, product director at Opera.  Tab Commands were developed with privacy and security in mind: When using Tab Commands and asking Aria to e.g. organize their tabs, the AI only sends to the server the prompt a user provides (e.g., “close all my YouTube tabs”) – nothing else. All tab-related data remains on the user’s device and is processed locally in the browser. “After being the first one to introduce tabs 25 years ago, we are continuing to improve this core feature of the browser. Today, we’re, again, the first ones to introduce a comprehensive AI tab management feature in the browser. With this step, we keep pushing the border of what can be achieved with these new technologies in a web browser.” – added Czajka.  New AI features coming to Opera One, Opera GX and Opera AirIn addition to Tab Commands, Opera is also adding several features to Aria that were tested as part of the AI Feature Drops program. These include an improved Writing Mode within the browser’s Command Line, an upgrade to Aria’s answers’ quality when it comes to shopping, product research, cooking and recipe brainstorming, as well as gaming-related topics. Finally, the possibility to interact with Aria from a browser tab, not just from the sidebar chat or command line. About OperaOpera is a user-centric and innovative software company focused on enabling the best possible internet browsing experience across all devices. Hundreds of millions use Opera web browsers for their unique and secure features on mobile phones and desktop computers. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Opera is a public company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol OPRA. Download the Opera web browsers and other Opera products from opera.com. Learn more about Opera at investor.opera.com. | ↑ |
Barcelona, Mar 3, 2025 – The Norwegian browser company Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA] is today announcing the Browser Operator, a native AI agent that is able to perform browsing tasks for users, allowing them to focus on more exciting parts of their lives instead. The introduction of agentic browsing marks a major paradigm shift for browsers, and with today’s preview, Opera is taking the lead on it. “For more than 30 years, the browser gave you access to the web, but it has never been able to get stuff done for you. Now it can. This is different from anything we’ve seen or shipped so far,” said Krystian Kolondra, EVP “The Browser Operator we’re presenting today marks the first step towards shifting the role of the browser from a display engine to an application that is agentic and performs tasks for its users,” User’s natural language transformed into browsing tasksThe Browser Operator, currently being demoed as a feature preview, is designed to give users superpowers when browsing – through AI agentics, while safeguarding their privacy. The concept is simple: Browser Operator allows the browser users to explain what they need it to do in natural language, and the browser sets out to perform tasks for them. They can, for example, ask it to buy them a pack of 10 pairs of white tennis socks from Nike in a size 12. The Browser Operator will then perform this task, freeing the user’s time that would have been otherwise spent on this menial task. This aligns with the broader role of the browser, which is there to make users more powerful while online and to give them tools to use their time more efficiently. The browser that works the web for youWhile working on completing a task, Browser Operator lets users see what’s going on at any point in the process as well as what steps it took to complete it. During this process, the user remains in full control and can take over or cancel the task at any given moment. The best part is that Browser Operator works in the same environment as the user: the browser. It doesn’t require a virtual machine or a server in the cloud. Faster and private agentic browsing with user in controlOpera’s AI agent differs from the approaches to agentic browsing that are currently being tested by other companies. Opera’s solution utilizes native, client-side solutions. It protects user privacy by not relying on screenshots or video capture of the browsing session, nor on a version of the browser running in the cloud or a virtual machine. Instead, the Browser Operator is interacting deep in the core of the browser, keeping user data locally on the device. AvailabilityOpera’s Browser Operator is currently available as a preview of the upcoming functionality. Opera expects to launch the new Browser Operator as part of its AI feature drop program in the near future. Opera’s path toward agentic browsingOpera has a track record of pioneering functionalities that then become the new standard in the browsing world: it invented tabs with Opera 4, it was also the first to introduce search in the address bar, as well as the first one to offer a built-in VPN and messengers in the sidebar and the first one to offer native browser AI. In 2023, Opera redesigned its flagship browser to make it AI centric. Since March 2024, the company has been pursuing its AI Feature Drops program, which tests experimental AI features such as local LLMs, Image Generation, and AI Tab Commands in the developer stream of the browser and ships them to users on a regular basis. Today, it’s redefining the role of the browser yet again, by becoming the first browser to perform tasks for its users, thus becoming agentic. About OperaOpera is a user-centric and innovative software company focused on enabling the best possible internet browsing experience across all devices. Hundreds of millions use Opera web browsers for their unique and secure features on mobile phones and desktop computers. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Opera is a public company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol OPRA. Download the Opera web browsers and other Opera products from opera.com. Learn more about Opera at investor.opera.com. | ↑ |
Oslo, Norway – February 25, 2025 – The Norwegian web browser Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA] is adding Discord, Slack, and Bluesky into the sidebar of its flagship browser, Opera One. These integrations come in response to community requests: Opera users voiced the need for more communication options within the browser sidebar. The integration of these platforms in the sidebar further minimizes the amount of tabs and apps users need to have open at once when using their laptop or PC, and makes the Opera browser the central hub for their computer. The Opera sidebar is the access point for all the things that users consider important in their browser. These new additions to Opera One have been under testing in the Developer stream of the browser for the past month. “We’re constantly looking at the feedback our users provide underneath our blog posts, on Opera forums, and through social media. Whether you’re working with your team on Slack, chatting with your friends on Discord, or keeping in touch with your community via BlueSky, we want you to be able to do that directly from Opera,” said Joanna Czajka, Product Director at Opera. The integration of these applications into the sidebar reflects the diversity of Opera’s user base, which spans different communities – including professionals, developers, and social media enthusiasts ready to explore new forms of open and decentralized public conversation. By providing access to these platforms, Opera continues to deliver a browsing experience that users can tailor to their specific needs – all within the framework of the web browser through the sidebar panel. Opera already offers access to several social platforms and messengers, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Telegram. Users can always decide which of the platforms they want to enable: it can be as many as all or none at all. To access Discord, Slack, and Bluesky through the Opera sidebar, users need to update their browsers to the latest version – or download it here – and then activate their preferred social apps for display in the Sidebar Setup menu. About OperaOpera is a user-centric and innovative software company focused on enabling the best possible internet browsing experience across all devices. Hundreds of millions use Opera web browsers for their unique and secure features on mobile phones and desktop computers. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Opera is a public company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol OPRA. Download the Opera web browsers and other Opera products from opera.com. Learn more about Opera at investor.opera.com. | ↑ |
Oslo, Norway – 4 February 2025 – The Norwegian browser maker Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA] is introducing Opera Air, the first browser built around the concept of mindfulness. Beyond being a powerful, secure, and fully functional browser, Opera Air is designed to make its users feel better while they browse the web. The new browser integrates mindfulness tools such as breathing exercises, meditation, binaural beats, stretching, and positive quotes directly into the browsing experience. Users also get to enjoy a minimalist Scandinavian design and frosted glass UI. Almost 30 years since the founding of Opera, the role of the browser has never been greater: browsers today allow people to work, shop, do the things they love, seek entertainment and run web apps from one powerful super app. Today, Opera is yet again redefining the role of the browser, by shipping one that is no longer a utility tool, but rather helps its users manage stress, enhance their focus, and maintain emotional clarity throughout their day. “The web is beautiful but it can be chaotic and overwhelming. We decided to look at science-backed ways to help our users navigate it in a way that makes them feel and function better,” said Mohamed Salah, Senior Director of Product at Opera. Opera Air allows its users to take a mindful break during their day: they can choose between the “Take a Break” and the “Boosts” features. “Take a Break” will take them to breathing exercises, meditation, as well as full body scan – each varying in length (from 3 to 15 minutes) and the type of exercises offered. Users can also set a reminder to take a mindful break.  The “Boosts” feature available in Opera Air uses binaural beats, an auditory technique where two slightly different frequencies are played in each ear, creating a perceived third frequency in the brain. This is known to influence brainwave activity, helping to promote relaxation, focus, or a meditative state. The available “Boosts” include Creativity Boost, Energized Focus, Deep Relaxation and many more – even one that allows users to more easily recall their dreams. In each one, the volume of the waves, the sounds of nature, and the background music can be adjusted. Users can also choose their preferred background music for any of the Boosts. The length of the Boost can be set from 15 minutes to infinity.  In Opera Air, mindfulness enters the browsing experience in a non-disruptive way. Users can, for example, keep browsing or working on a document while listening to the “Focused Calm” Boost that uses Alpha 8Hz beats, along with background music and sounds of nature that will allow them to achieve a state of focused calm that will be useful to them as they work or read. Download Opera Air now. About Opera Opera is a user-centric and innovative software company focused on enabling the best possible internet browsing experience across all devices. Hundreds of millions use Opera web browsers for their unique and secure features on mobile phones and desktop computers. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Opera is a public company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol OPRA. Download the Opera web browsers and other Opera products from opera.com. | ↑ |
