Hey all,

We’re back with another round of updates for Opera Air. Having taken some of your suggestions into account, this time we’ve adjusted both the body battery and the Boosts feature to help you get more out of your mindful browser.

Opera Air may come with built-in mindfulness exercises in the Take a Break feature, but sometimes we can get so wrapped up in our browsing that we forget to take advantage of them. That’s why we’ve revamped the body battery – so that your browser can remind you to recharge.

If you’re not familiar, the body battery is a visual cue to remind you to complete an exercise. When the battery – represented in the Take a Break icon in your sidebar – is drained, it will blink to prompt you to get one started.

Previously, the body battery would stop blinking once you clicked on it – and many of you reported that once you hurriedly hit the button, you forgot to come back and complete an exercise. You requested that we do more to visually indicate when it’s time to recharge. So now, the body battery will not stop blinking simply because you’ve clicked the icon – it will only stop once you have refilled the battery by completing an exercise.

This means your browser will be an active partner with you in the goals you set to cultivate healthier digital habits. Like the flashing light that reminds you to put on your seatbelt, the body battery will helpfully nudge you to fit in a neck stretch or a breathing exercise so you can refresh and refocus.

Keep in mind that you can adjust the Break reminders in the Take a Break settings to change the reminder frequency or disable them altogether. 

We also listened to your feedback to make a couple important changes to the Boosts feature. Previously, if you played our Top Boosts they would stop after 30 minutes. Now, however, Top Boosts will play endlessly, so that you can sustain that lift – spurring creativity, calm, focus, and more – without interruption. 

Additionally, we saw that many of you were searching for a particular Boost that wasn’t previously in our Top Boosts: Focused Calm. We have now added it to our collection of Top Boosts. With these changes you can stop restarting or searching – you just need to hit play and get into your zone.

That’s it for now, but plenty more to come! Keep providing feedback and we’ll keep looking to incorporate what we can in future updates. And if you haven’t tried our mindful browser yet, give it a whirl! Download Opera Air today.

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