Opera Mini 7 comes to Android devices

Opera Software launched Opera Mini 7 for Android devices, which is the final version of the browser that is now available to Android users. Opera says that they have 160 million users in a month using their browser. Opera has accelerated the hardware for the browser and therefore, it should be faster and smoother on Android devices. Furthermore, if you're watching your data usage, the browser helps by compressing and squeezing down websites to your phone. Upto 90 percent of the original data gets cut out. They do this with a program, called "Turbo", which works slightly differently across different Opera products. The compression also means that you're saving on data, as well as sites will load quicker. However, of course, there's significant drawbacks to this feature. Users need to decide for themselves, whether this compression is worth it. Depending on which website you're on, 90 percent can be a lot.

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