Opera for Android gets a fresh new coat of paint
Opera for Android is receiving a pretty big
update today. The app has basically been redesigned from the ground up, and
it's now "inspired by Android's material design". The new look is
"fresh" and "modern", the company says.
The start page now has Speed Dial on the left
of the carousel, with your news feed on the right. If you keep swiping you'll
go through your favorite topics, and you can tap the "+" to configure
these. The news feed even has a reader mode, which can be activated in Settings
to make websites as clutter-free as possible.
The person icon in the bottom right takes you
to your very own corner of the browser. Here you get the list of pages you've
saved for offline viewing, your bookmarks, history, and downloads. You can sign
in in order to sync your Speed Dial, bookmarks, tabs, and history across your
devices.
The three dots menu in the top right lets you
easily toggle data savings on and off, and you can also quickly add a site to
your Speed Dial or Android home screen from here. The browser's settings are
accessed from this menu too.
The new version is slowly rolling out through
the Google Play Store - so if you don't have it yet, fret not
for it will come in the next few days. In the future, Opera for Android will
have options to switch between tablet and normal layouts, change the news feed
language, as well as choosing a different download folder.
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