Opera Max compression app now open to users from Western Europe
Opera Software introduced Opera Turbo as a new feature in Opera 10 back in 2009. The feature enabled you to compress web traffic to speed up web browsing.
You can check out the Opera Turbo review here on the site to find out more about it.
In recent versions of Opera, Turbo has been renamed to Off-Road mode which provides users of Chromium-based Opera versions with the same functionality.
Opera Software published the standalone application Opera Max back in December 2013 and limited access to it to users from the United States. Not only was access limited to users from the US, it was also limited to select devices only.
The company announced today that it is extending Opera Max Beta access to Europe.
What this means is that users from Western Europe -- Eastern Europeans are excluded from the beta according to the post on the Opera News blog -- can download and install the Opera Max Beta application as well, provided their devices are listed as compatible.
The feature is free for the time being, but limited in terms of availability. If you happen to install it right now, you will likely be added to a queue. A total of 781 people are currently in front of me, and 230 behind according to the queue information that are displayed when you open the app on your device.
You can hit the refresh button to update the information, but that is about it.
What sets Opera Max apart from many other apps of its kind is the fact that it does not only compress textual data, but also video and audio data. This is only true for non-encrypted contents though.
The thing that matters is the compression. How good is it and how big of an impact will it have on the quality of the output?
Opera Max should work with most apps and programs that you run on your Android device. You can turn it on or off in its interface
Opera is considering several options to pay for the service once it is out of beta. Options may include watching ads to gain credits, or to pay $1 per month to use it. The values and options are subject to change.
Anyway, if you like to join me waiting in queue, now is your chance to do so provided that you are living in the US or Western Europe. This way then please to the download.
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Uhh, this has already been possible – I am not sure how but remember my brother telling me about it. I’m not a whatsapp user so not sure of the specifics, but something about sending the image as a file and somehow bypassing the default compression settings that are applied to inbound photos.
He has also used this to share movies to whatsapp groups, and files 1Gb+.
Like I said, I never used whatsapp, but I know 100% this isn’t a “brand new feature”, my brother literally showed me him doing it, like… 5 months ago?
Martin, what happened to those: 12 Comments (https://www.ghacks.net/chatgpt-gets-schooled-by-princeton-university/#comments). Is there a specific justifiable reason why they were deleted?
Hmm, it looks like the gHacks website database is faulty, and not populating threads with their relevant cosponsoring posts.
The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk that it’s about to be deleted from my ‘daily reads’.
It’s really like “Press Release as re-written by some d*ck for clicks…poorly.” And the subjects are laughable. Can’t wait for “How to search for files on Windows”.
> The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk…
Sadly, I have to agree.
Only Martin and Ashwin are worth subscribing to.
Especially Emre Çitak and Shaun are the worst ones.
If ghacks.net intended “Clickbait”, it would mark the end of Ghacks Technology News.
Ghacks doesn’t need crappy clickbaits. Clearly separate articles from newer authors (perhaps AIs and external sales person or external advertising man) as just “Advertisements”!
We, the subscribers of Ghacks, urge Martin to make a decision.
because nevermore wants to “monetize” on every aspect of human life…
“Threads” is like the Walmart of Social Media.
How hard can it be to clone a twitter version of that as well? They’re slow.
Yes, why not mention how large the HD files can be?
Why, not mention what version of WhatsApp is needed?
These omissions make the article feel so bare. If not complete.
Sorry posted on the wrong page.
such a long article for such a simple matter. Worthless article ! waste of time
I already do this by attaching them via the ‘Document’ option.
I don’t know what’s going on here at Ghacks but it’s obvious that something is broken, comments are being mixed whatever the article, I am unable to find some of my later posts neither. :S
Quoting the article,
“As users gain popularity, the value of their tokens may increase, allowing investors to reap rewards.”
Besides, beyond the thrill and privacy risks or not, the point is to know how you gain popularity, be it on social sites as everywhere in life. Is it by being authentic, by remaining faithful to ourselves or is it to have this particular skill which is to understand what a majority likes, just like politicians, those who’d deny to the maximum extent compatible with their ideological partnership, in order to grab as many of the voters they can?
I see the very concept of this Friend.tech as unhealthy, propagating what is already an increasing flaw : the quest for fame. I won’t be the only one to count himself out, definitely.
@John G. is right : my comment was posted on [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/23/what-is-friend-tech/] and it appears there but as well here at [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/08/how-to-follow-everyone-on-threads/]
This has been lasting for several days. Fix it or at least provide some explanations if you don’t mind.
> Google Chrome is following in Safari’s footsteps by introducing a new feature that allows users to move the Chrome address bar to the bottom of the screen, enhancing user accessibility and interaction.
Firefox did this long before Safari.
Basically they’ll do anything except fair royalties.