Opera Touch is only available on Android at launch, but an iOS version is in the works. And since Opera isn’t particularly competitive in the browser space any more, trying out new interfaces seems like a smart enough way to get attention. For instance, Opera released an experimental browser called Neon last January, and as far as I can tell, it hasn’t been updated in a year. And it’s not really clear that they’ve made any real impact. Sometimes they’re good, sometimes they’re not. This is kind of just what Opera does now, though: it releases ideas every now and then for what a browser could be like. Chrome is, seemingly, even in the process of getting its navigation bar shifted to the bottom. And since Chrome already has a tab syncing feature - albeit, a somewhat harder to use one - there’s not a ton to be gained. That’s especially because, going off browser usage stats, you’re a lot more likely to be using Chrome on your desktop than Opera, and the tab syncing feature only works if you use Opera in both places. Those are both nice features, but I don’t know that they’ll be enough to convince people to change from whatever browser they’re currently using. Some of that will happen automatically (a “continue from computer” option will pop up when you open a new tab on mobile), but if you want to make sure a site transfers over, you can send it using a feature Opera calls “Flow.” Flow creates a feed of websites that you’ve shared from one platform to the other that you can scroll back through to find what you’re looking for. Opera Touch also includes a feature that lets you push websites from your phone to your desktop, or vice versa, so long as you’re using Opera on both platforms. Opera keeps experimenting with browser UI
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