Southeast Asia & Middle East welcome Opera Max

January 22nd, 2015

Opera Max, the free and easy-to-use data-savings app that compresses data across almost every app on an Android phone, continues to sweep across the globe and is now available in an additional 21 countries. This is one of Opera’s biggest releases for Opera Max and provides access within a few more countries in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Starting today, user in the following regions no longer have to worry about exceeding their monthly mobile data limit, as this unique app gives users up to 50% more use out of their data plans. Also, if you missed it from our blog post in November, Opera Max now includes support for Android Lollipop devices.

The latest countries to gain access to Opera Max include:

Vietnam
Philippines
Thailand
Algeria
Bahrain
Egypt
Fiji
Iran
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Morocco
Nepal
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Sri Lanka
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen

About Opera Max

“Opera Max is the next step in the evolution of compression technology created by Opera Software. Users across the globe, from the United States and parts of Europe, including Turkey and Russia, have already been enjoying saving mobile data with Opera Max. We are continuing to roll out Opera Max to more countries, because we believe internet access is a fundamental right for all, and Opera Max makes this access more affordable for users,” says Sergey Lossev, Head of Opera Max at Opera Software.

How Opera Max works

Opera Max works by compressing data usage across apps, including video, text and images, on Android mobile devices, meaning users can get more usage out of their data plans. It is the only app for Android that gives consumers significant data savings on mobile video, which makes up a large chunk of data usage by consumers.

Opera Max’s advanced video optimization is powered by Rocket Optimizer, a cloud-based solution from Opera’s Skyfire unit. Once installed, Opera Max starts rerouting data traffic on the mobile device to the Opera data-savings cloud, using a virtual private network (VPN). All non-encrypted data requests (excluding secure websites and apps with HTTPS connections) are sent through Opera’s servers, which compress video, images and websites to consume less data.

Take control of data consumption

Through Opera Max’s timeline of app usage and savings, users can get a unique at-a-glance look at where their data quota is going and get more control over the data they consume. They can also keep track of their savings and even block particular apps from using mobile data, restricting them to Wi-Fi only.