Opera Mini becomes the first web browser for Gear S

Opera Mini web browser for Samsung Gear S smartwatch — Opera Mini for Samsung Gear S

Opera Mini is now the first full-featured web browser for the Tizen OS-powered Samsung Gear S smartwatch.

Codrut Nistor, Published 10/07/2014

Opera Software announced today the availability of its Opera Mini web browser for the Tizen OS-driven Samsung Gear S smartwatch. This way, Opera Mini becomes the first web browser for the Samsung Gear S. This software has over 250 million monthly users across various platforms and is famous for its page compression technology that allows for faster and more energy-efficient browsing.

Opera Mini comes with a rich set of finger-friendly features specially developed for browsing the web on small screens, including Smart Page and the notorious Speed Dial which was introduced by Opera Mini 2.0 back in May, 2006. The Tizen OS version of Opera Mini also includes private browsing for visiting web pages without leaving any traces on the device.

Lars Boilesen, Opera Software CEO, says "We are thrilled that Opera Mini will be the first browser for Samsung Gear S users to download. This is an exciting, new experience for smart-gear users." Opera Mini can be downloaded by Samsung Gear S owners for free via Samsung Gear Apps.

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Samsung’s smart watch gets a full-web browser

Opera Mini web browser powers Samsung Gear S

Oslo, Norway, and Seoul, Korea - October 7, 2014

Opera Mini has become the first web browser on Samsung’s Gear S, the Tizen-based wearable device platform. Users of this new smart watch will be able to enjoy web browsing from their wrists, Opera Software announced today.

With more than 250 million monthly users around the world, Opera Mini is known for its compression technology that shrinks the size of webpages to as little as 10%. The result is a faster and more energy-efficient browsing experience. It helps to load image-heavy pages in a snap.

Finger-friendly features for small-screen web browsing

In addition, the Opera Mini browser includes many finger-friendly features. The Smart Page gives users all their social updates and the latest news on one screen. Opera Mini’s Speed Dial features website shortcuts as large buttons, enabling Gear S users to reach their favorite sites in a single tap. Private browsing removes any trace of the web pages visited on the wrist-gazer’s device.

A full-web browsing experience on a wearable device

"As a lightweight but powerful browser maker, Opera has been a pioneer of making the web accessible across a huge variety of connected devices, such as the internet keyboard, the dual-screen handheld game console, VOIP phones and, now, wearable device," says Lars Boilesen, CEO of Opera Software. "We are thrilled that Opera Mini will be the first browser for Samsung Gear S users to download. This is an exciting, new experience for smart-gear users."

Samsung Gear S owners will be able to download Opera Mini from Samsung Gear Apps for free.

About Opera Software ASA

Opera Software crafts products and services that connect 350 million people to the internet. More than 130 operators around the world choose to work with us to give their customers the best web experience. Our mobile advertising platform enables publishers to monetize their content and allows brands to reach a global audience of more than 800 million consumers. Learn more about Opera at www.opera.com, or follow Opera on Facebook,Twitter and blogs.opera.com.

Opera and Opera Mini are trademarks of Opera Software ASA.

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