Opera Software sold its assets - browser, privacy and performance apps, and the Opera brand to a Chinese consortium named olden Brick Capital Private Equity Fund I Limited Partnership (a consortium of Chinese investors led by Beijing Kunlun Tech Co and Qihoo 360) in 2016, and rebranded as Otella.
In 2017 August Opera sold its Opera Max (browser + data compression + VPN like service) to Samsung. And Opera Max was withdrawn from Google Play Store. Later rebranded Samsung Max was launched in February 2018 for Galaxy smartphones only.
In January 2017 Opera launched its new browser project Opera Neon under banner of Opera Reborn. Later many features of Neon (social networking focus) came to Opera Browser.
Opera has launched two new stuffs in the R2 event on April 25, 2018. Opera desktop got a new version with some new user friendly features.
Opera Touch is the second product - another mobile browser available for Android only. Apple iOS version is coming soon.
Main features of Opera Touch:
- Flow - sync between PC and mobile
- One handed gesture use
- Faster navigation
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