Opera’s mobile web browser has a data savings feature that lets you optionally have Opera’s servers compress data before sending it to your phone, thus cutting down on your bandwidth usage. A few years ago Opera took the data savings beyond the web browser by introducing Opera Max, an app that lets Android users compress […]
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Opera and MediaTek bring data compression to 2 new chips
Opera makes web browsers for desktop and mobile devices… and one of the nifty features the company has been offering for a few years is a data compression tool that lets you cut your mobile data usage in half when using one of Opera’s mobile browsers. Earlier this year the company launched Opera Max, which […]
Opera Max makes mobile data go further by compressing all your Android app data usage
The makers of the Opera web browser have been offering optional data compression for almost a decade. Enable compression and Opera will use remote servers to shrink the file size of images and other online content before sending it to your browser in order to cut down on your bandwidth usage. Now Opera is getting […]
Chrome for Android, iOS can now cut your bandwidth usage by 50 percent
Google Chrome for Android and iOS is a fast, simple, and powerful web browser for phones and tablets. Now there may be another reason to use it: Google is giving users the option of enabling data compression that could reduce data usage by up to 50 percent. The feature has been available in Chrome beta […]