Updated Reborn Opera got built-in support for instant messengers

The new Opera browser now supports instant messengers

Oslo, Norway — may 10, 2017. With the release today of the new version, codenamed Reborn Opera was the first major browser to open the web version of the popular instant messengers in the browser without having to install any extensions and applications.

Over the past few years the popularity of the web versions of messengers has increased significantly. However, switching between tabs to reply to a message until today, it was pretty uncomfortable and tedious. With the release of new browser users get simple and easy access to web versions of messengers directly in Opera.

“Messengers have completely changed our lives, allowing us to work simultaneously, discover and communicate. This social trend has come to us together with the increasing popularity of smartphones as desktops and laptops, being a more powerful multitasking, remained aloof from this phenomenon. We believe that the time has come for change,” said Christian Kolondra, Director of development of Opera.

Now Opera allows you to chat with your friends during the network operation. The new functionality of the browser users will find:

Quick access to the web versions of the popular messenger — Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp directly from the sidebar of the browser. Web-version Telegram can be activated after the preset sidebar

Side a tab for messenger, which allows you to simultaneously communicate and travel across the world wide web

The ability to pin a tab, messenger for more convenient and quick communication

The ability to easily share pictures by simply dragging any image from the network to the icon of the messenger

Keyboard shortcuts for fast switching between messengers

Menu button to exit the messenger directly in the browser

Time to rethink the browser

Last year Opera introduced a number of innovative features such as a free VPN and a built-in ad blocker. In early 2017, the company released a concept Opera Neon, in which he shared his vision of what browsing can look like in the future.

One of the innovations was the ability to seamlessly and without any effort to combine work with content and chat with friends. Now this functionality is Neon is presented in the Opera browser Reborn.

Reborn is gradually changing the whole user experience of Opera. In this update besides the new mechanism of messenger users will notice a fresh design, new icons, colors, backgrounds and animation.

Interface Opera now is:

A completely new design with high quality graphic design, common for all platforms

Lighter and more elegant tabs

Fresh and elegant design of the icons

New side panel with animation

Updated Express panel

The dark background of the design browser

A set of new themes complement the new design of Opera

The animation is in a private tab

The Opera browser is available free for Windows, Mac and Linux.