Today is Data Privacy Day! Or, as it’s known in Europe, Data Protection Day. At Opera, we believe in shaping a more private mobile web and mobile app future. With the mass adoption of smartphones, some of you may want to protect your data privacy not only when using a browser to access the web,...

2016 has been an amazing year for Opera Max. In May, we announced that Opera Max crossed the 10-million user mark. Today, the number of Opera Max monthly active users has hit 50 million! Now Introducing VIP mode Without you, it would not have been possible for us to reach such a significant milestone. We...

The Meffys, reward innovation and honor the most influential players across the mobile ecosystem, and are considered the global benchmark for measuring commercial success. We’re thrilled that Opera Max, our unique data savings and management app, won the prize for ‘Innovation in Mobile First Markets.’ Opera was assessed on our sustainable and successful approach to...

Today, the Opera Max team updated our privacy mode filters by blocking apps sending requests to certain domains that are considered to be sharing users’ personal information to third parties without disclosure or the users’ consent. The Kryptowire team discovered this issue recently, and it caught lots of attention in the media and on blogs...

Earlier this spring, we launched a test version of Opera Max in the US, UK, South Africa and India. This version will be available to all 10 million of you who trust Opera Max to manage your data on your Android phones. Opera Max now works on a 12-hour timer basis. With you using the...

Today, we are starting a gradual roll-out of the new version of Opera Max. As the leading data management and data saving app for Android, Opera Max provides tools to make your app data usage more transparent so that you can easily control when and how to use up your data plan. One of these...