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Opera One for iOS adds Data Saver feature, cutting browsing data usage by up to 80%
Opera today announced that its Data Saver feature is now available on iOS, in a press release that also revealed a 20% year-over-year increase in the browser’s monthly active users. Here are the details.
In a press release published today, Opera celebrated a 20% year-over-year increase in monthly active users on iOS last month, “building on its established presence in Asia and Africa while expanding its reach in the US and Europe.”
In the US alone, growth was even stronger, with monthly active users increasing 46% year over year.
In both cases, that outpaced the 16% year-over-year growth Opera reported on PC just a few days ago, when the company also announced it had surpassed 100 million monthly active users for the first time.
Behind this growth across both desktop and mobile is a broader shift in consumer expectations – users are increasingly reconsidering the default as their understanding of what a browser can do evolves.
In today’s announcement, Opera also touted the arrival of Data Saver on Opera One for iOS, which the company says can reduce browsing data usage by up to 80% by compressing images and text on its servers before they reach the user’s device.
For users, this can make a difference when travelling abroad on expensive roaming data, topping up a prepaid plan or running low on a monthly data bundle. Data Saver can also help when browsing on a weak connection.
While the press release didn’t go into detail on the privacy aspects of the feature, it did note that “the feature is optional, and users can switch it on or off and see how much data they have saved.”
To read Opera’s press release from today, follow this link. For the company’s privacy statement, click here.
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