Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy

Krystian Kolondra / April 20, 2016

Today, we want to share with you another big thing that you will first see in the developer channel for Opera for computers.

We are the first major browser maker to integrate an unlimited and free VPN or virtual private network. Now, you don’t have to download VPN extensions or pay for VPN subscriptions to access blocked websites and to shield your browsing when on public Wi-Fi.

Why we are adding free VPN in Opera

Bringing this important privacy improvement marks another step in building a browser that matches up to people’s expectations in 2016. When you think about it, many popular options offered by desktop browsers today were invented (quite frequently by Opera) many years ago. The innovation energy in the industry has been recently so focused on mobile, even if the desktop is still thriving.

In January, we were reviewing our product plans, and we realized that people need new features in order to browse the web efficiently in 2016. It also became apparent to us that what people need are not the same features that were relevant for their browsers ten years ago. This is why we today have more engineers than ever before working on new features for our desktop browser.

So far we have the native ad blocker. And, we’re introducing another major feature in just a matter of a few weeks; a native, unlimited and free VPN client, right inside your browser!

Enhanced privacy online with Opera’s free VPN

According to Global Web Index*, more than half a billion people (24% of the world’s internet population) have tried or are currently using VPN services. According to the research, the primary reasons for people to use a VPN are:

– To access better entertainment content (38%)
– To keep anonymity while browsing (30%)
– To access restricted networks and sites in my country (28%)
– To access restricted sites at work (27%)
– To communicate with friends/family abroad (24%)
– To access restricted news websites in my country (22%)

According to the research, young people are leading the way when it comes to VPN usage, with almost one third of people between 16-34 having used a VPN.

Better than traditional VPNs

Until now, most VPN services and proxy servers have been limited and based on a paid subscription. With a free, unlimited, native VPN that just works out-of-the-box and doesn’t require any subscription, Opera wants to make VPNs available to everyone.

That’s why Opera’s built-in free VPN feature is easy to use. To activate it, Mac users just need to click the Opera menu, select “Preferences” and toggle the feature VPN on, while Windows and Linux users need to go to the “Privacy and Security” section in “Settings” and enable VPN there. A button will appear in the browser address field, from which the user can see and change location (more locations will appear later), check whether their IP is exposed and review statistics for their data used. It’s free and unlimited to use, yet it offers several must-have options available in paid VPNs, such as:

Hide your IP address – Opera will replace your IP address with a virtual IP address, so it’s harder for sites to track your location and identify your computer. This means you can browse the web more privately.
Unblocking of firewalls and websites – Many countries, schools and workplaces block video-streaming sites, social networks and other services. By using a VPN you can access your favorite content, no matter where you are.
Public Wi-Fi security – When you’re surfing the web on public Wi-Fi, intruders can easily sniff data. By using a VPN, you can improve the security of your personal information.

Let us know what you think

Download Opera 38 developer and give the free, unlimited VPN a try. BTW: beyond our native ad blocker and VPN, you can expect more exciting features to come very soon.

Other changes

Video pop-up

This feature has been extensively described here. It is now present in developer, too. Enjoy!

Add your own photo as theme

Some time ago, we introduced the “Create your theme” option in the theme manager. It turned out, though, that the option was not visible enough for users. Now just go to Customize startpage and click ‘+’ button and use your own photos to create a theme.

Extension button visible on the Speed Dial side panel

All extension users will have the extension manager always handy. The extension icon is visible on side panel on the left side of the Speed Dial page.

Support for adding a personal ad blocker list

Our ad blocker now contains support for adding your own block lists. To add your own custom list file, head to Settings and click the ‘Custom Block Lists’ button in the ad-blocking section (note that ‘Show advanced settings’ from the ‘Browser’ panel must be enabled to see the button).
The lists have to be in EasyList-style format, and you can use existing lists such as the EasyList affiliate lists to ensure you get to block all that you want. As a reminder, Opera itself provides a block list based on the publicly available EasyList and EasyPrivacy.

Speed Dial improvements

Did you ever remove your speed dial accidentally? Now you won’t. You’ll notice three little dots on hover in place where close button used to be. It has the same content as context menu, so you can open, edit or remove speed dial.

Installation links:

Changelog: Full changelog link

* “VPNs Proxy Servers”, GWI Trends Q4 2015, 2015

About Krystian Kolondra

SVP Global Engineering, Opera for computers

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Matej Szendi

Will be x64 build available?
- BK
  
  Not today.
  - RafaellaG
    
    Tomorrow?
    Or do we (again) have to wait for the next developer build?
Flavoi

Oh my gosh. This is what’s called innovation. Thanks guys, keep up the good work!
Kurt Zon

Nice surprise!!
Piotrooo

Wow! Brilliant!
Zero Kiryu

That’s a really nice surprise, thanks! BTW, how can I add my own custom block list from that Easylist website? I can’t find any download links in there
- Marcin Mitek
  
  Hmm, they are in form of .txt files, http://adblocklist.org/adblock-pxf-polish.txt this is the one for Poland for example.
  
  Here is the German one: https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylistgermany.txt
  
  There is plenty of them available in the Internet, do as Arjan said, save them and load from Opera settings.
  - RafaellaG
    
    Is the content of the custom block lists stored somewhere (and where) after adding them to Opera or are they loaded every time from the specified locations?
    
    Better (as noted somewhere above):
    “I think custom adblock lists should be loadable from an URL”
- Arjan van Leeuwen
  
  Right-click the ‘view X list’ link and choose ‘Save linked content as…’.
bviktor

I hope you do realize this is quite ironic for a company owned by the Chinese. Or did that deal go south? I haven’t heard anything since the “we’re considering it” part.
- anonym
  
  yeah, i thought the same (chinese or not, its a company that somehow needs to make money). therefore i still trust my good old-fashioned DFN vpn more than anything else.
- http://www.opera.com Zhenis Beisekov
  
  Our main goal is to deliver value to our users. If we see that more and more people want VPN, but they have troubles in set it up, we make it free and easy to run.
shadow118

This is awesome! Now I’ll be able to watch FIA WRX 2016 livestreams on youtube 😀
helsten2

Great idea!
Two comments:
When I click on the VPN icon the IP address is always blank. Bug?
There are only 3 virtual locations available (CAN, USA, GER). How can I include my home country?
- Aneta Reluga
  
  As the note says:
  “A button will appear in the browser address field, from which the user can see and change location (more locations will appear later)”
  - helsten2
    
    Perfect. Thanks
- Kornelia
  
  It’s a developer stream. We’ve working on this.
shane

+1 for the speed dial improvements. So sick of accidentally deleting speed dials especially when using a touch screen. Very welcome improvement, thanks.
- Aneta Reluga
  
  This was *exactly* the reason why we decided to introduce this change. Thank you so much for confirmation the change is OK for you
- Kornelia
  
  It’s nice to hear that someone actually survived to the end of blog post
x a

The problem is, how to integrate/”alternate” internal SurfEasy with SwitchyOmega Proxy manager, eg…
Marcus

Have used Google Chrome since a very long time…
But recently I’ve looked at other browsers and i gave Opera a try (using beta) because it is based on chromium it is similar to Chrome, and so far i think it is amazing and all the development & features is excellent.

Keep up the good work & looking forward to test the native VPN in Beta!
iYuzver

It is excellent!
The number of the available countries will grow?
- BK
  
  yes, very soon
iPristy

Cool, i can now drop Firefox and ZenMate.
Sergey Ivanov

Men Make a list of sites on which will be included VPN
Cat

Free VPN is awesome, but could you add synchronization and import of custom search engines? I really miss this feature.
- Aneta Reluga
  
  Thanks for the suggestion.
kapsi

Nice. I think custom adblock lists should be loadable from an URL, not only from a local file.
Also after adding this, all pages stopped loading:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MajkiIT/polish-ads-filter/master/polish-adblock-filters/adblock.txt

In console there’s this error:
filter_content.js:52 Uncaught HierarchyRequestError: Failed to execute ‘createShadowRoot’ on ‘Element’: Author-created shadow roots are disabled for this element.
- Druszlak
  
  “I think custom adblock lists should be loadable from an URL(…)”
  
  My thought exactly. Current implementation force us to load a new list every time the list will be updated.
  - Aneta Reluga
    
    Thanks guys. I passed your suggestions to the responsible team.
- Kornelia
  
  By allowing only local files, we make sure that it’s the user’s responsibility to see that content. Of course users are free to update the file themselves (with a script if they want to) to automate the process.
  - Sidney Guioy
    
    Providing an add-on with this feature, would be possible ?
    I’m asking for both if opera could provide said add-on ( safer so no other addons would be able to change that list )
    And if it’s technically possible to do/ allow it.
ga_pechorin

good improvements in speed dial, i agree at everything.

you havent mentioned it, but the “get more themes” link in the context menu and in the right panel is a great idea, i was tempted to ask for it in the previous version (it was pretty unaccesible then) but now you have do it for yourself

i also wanted the manage extensions button, but i thought right click on the address bar wasnt so bad. i particulary love this side bar, it was one of my favourites features of opera 12 and i miss it. i am secretely hoping you will add it to any page, not only speed dial.
- Aneta Reluga
  
  Thank you for your insights! As you can see, big things happen, but smaller things are going to happen as well, so every suggestion is welcome and stored for review.
ThanhLiem

Great!
Looking forward to seeing what you will bring to us
ga_pechorin

oh, i almost forgot, there is a kind of bug with proxys.

i use opera from work (too) and here everything come through a proxy. when you open a new page, the pop up shows up asking for credentials and it is ok, it remains, but when you open opera from a previous session, the pop up appears when it tries to reload the page but one second later it goes away. i have to reload a page for the pop up coming again. it is a little bit annoying.
- ThanhLiem
  
  I’m not sure i understand all you said but I think it would be ok if you try to go to Setting and setup cookie permission into “keep local data only until i quit my browser”. If ok, browser will delete all cookie in your machine when you close Opera and website will ask for credentials when you reload the page.
catup

Are you sure Qihoo will hold Opera soon after your guys launched the great VPN feature?
- http://www.opera.com Zhenis Beisekov
  
  @catgogo:disqus, sorry, I’ve a context error here. What do you mean by that?
  - inDigazzZ
    
    May be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall
Druszlak

Native adblock, VPN… Opera is gonna be the most hated browser by the media concerns, intelligence agencies and illuminati ofc. ^^
iVarun

The VPN is still leaking real IP through the well known WebRTC issue.

Just test here
https://www.privacytools.io/webrtc.html
https://ipleak.net/

As this post says itself about the reasons for having a VPN, 2nd is anonymity.
Thus one can’t have real IP’s leaking like that.

Now VPN extensions don’t solve this either but since this inbuilt VPN solution is being done by Opera at a browser level why not deal with this Leaking issue as well, since its said the disabling WebRTC helps in this regard but why not do that automatically when we turn on the VPN, instead of resorting to turning on and off manually/using some script/extension and so on.
- Aneta Reluga
  
  Indeed. This feature is under heavy development – note: it is a developer stream. You can expect fixes and improvements in the upcoming updates. Thanks for spotting it, by the way
- L33t4opera
  
  Hi @clarrisani:disqus, follow the below steps, and see if it helps in your case:
  1. Open opera:about, and copy the path to the profile, close the Opera,
  2. Open your file explorer, and navigate to the profile folder, make a copy of the Preferences file (if you make a mistake, you can overwrite the original file with a copy),
  3. Open the Preferences file in your text editor, go to the end of the file, and after the second “}” from the end, add the below code:
  ,"webrtc":{"multiple_routes_enabled":false}
  as a result of it, the merged code should looks like below:
  },"webrtc":{"multiple_routes_enabled":false}}
  Save the changes, close the file, and relaunch the Opera 😉
  
  @disqus_6Vsuf9mjcD:disqus @YggrofAsgard:disqus @eredinbreac:disqus
Clarrisani

Having an issue with the VPN connection being very, very slow to the point it drops out.
Hewhowaits

A 7 day free trial is NOT FREE VPN.
- Aneta Reluga
  
  Could you please elaborate what you mean? Our implementation is totally unrestricted. Are you even sure you are using Opera? 😉
- helsten2
  
  Are you sure you are using the latest developer version – 38.0.2205.0 ?
andreloxas

My wish was that you also included a way to bypass the dns resolving mechanism in each OS, make the dns query go trough the vpn for user selected dns servers and hav a decent default, so we could include the dns servers we want to use and plus have more local security (lan,man) while surfing the web. People on my neighborhood pass close to me and whisper the sites I visit if I don’ t use a full vpn solution. It is boring and silly, but stressfull at times, when it comes to online banking, e-mail and online shopping.
Oskar

Tried the VPN feature real quick and it seem to work super smooth. Well done! I love how it plays well with my regular VPN and I can get double security that way!
Maybe a feature where you could chose not to use it on some tabs?
Most important is the WebRTC leakage though, please fix it, it seems to be one of the bigger security threats on any chromium browser.

On another note, haven’t tried it yet but don’t see the reason to use video pop out, maybe you could explain it in a future post?

I’m back to Opera now after leaving to Chrome for about a year (still checked the developer version regularly). Been using Opera for 10+ years before that. Hopefully Opera keeps improving and not frustrating me. What I notice right away is that changing language for spell check stills requires you to click on each paragraph after changing language, this could be improved.
Yggr of Asgard

VPN feature (beside the WebRTC) bug is great, but for some reason I can not get it to run in “Private Window”.
Ankur Yadav

I can not find the vpn in my browser. I am on build 38.0.2205.0 developer version still its not available
EDIT: Got it.
- Aneta Reluga
  
  Please go to Settings > Privacy &security section. The VPN section is right under “Privacy”.
http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor

Does not seem to be working for me… stuck at “connecting”, no matter what. Any advice?

Also, it’d be great if it could be switched on and off on a per-tab basis; I very often need a VPN connection just for a single site, no need to make it program-wide!
- Kornelia
  
  What’s your operating system?
  - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor
    
    Win7Prox64. Tried first enabling my own VPN, too, but that doesn’t seem to help.
    - Kornelia
      
      Are you sure your ‘own’ VPN is disabled? It might causes problems..
      - Aneta Reluga
        
        Also, could you please try temporarily disabling your antivirus and try again? Thanks.
      - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor
        
        Unfortunately I can’t, it’s a company PC…
      - Aneta Reluga
        
        I see. So please tell us what antivirus is it? As the VPN is working OK here, we have to try to identify otherwise why it is not working for you, and just maybe it is the cause. Thanks.
      - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor
        
        It’s Trend Micro; but, I asked our kind sysadm to disable it for me and he did – I still can’t connect to the VPN in Opera. Still stuck at “connecting”.
      - Marcus
        
        i guess your company client / PC is part of a domain and furthermore that often involve policies that could be related to network & firewall rules etc, especially if you are connected to your company’s wired / wireless network?
      - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor
        
        Well, not much use then. How come every other VPN solution I’ve tried (including browser extensions like ZEN) work just fine…
      - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor
        
        Just noticed something – in the VPN menu, the “Virtual Location” drop-down menu is empty. Could there be something wrong with my Opera setup?
      - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor
        
        Yup, I’ve exited it and my real IP address is reported correctly.
Cyrris

Thanks for the speed dial close button improvements. My pet peeve has finally been shown the door =)
- Aneta Reluga
  
  You’re welcome 8)
Johny

I’m having problems to use it through a proxy.
We can only send traffic from proxy and directed to 80 and 443 ports.
It keeps in connecting, but never ends connecting.
Is it possible to use the proxy settings and connect using the 443 port?
- Kornelia
  
  You cannot use Opera VPN and custom proxy at the same time.
  - Johny
    
    Do you plan to change it in the future?
    Otherwise users within corps that block all the traffic except for proxy traffic can’t use it
    - Kornelia
      
      I don’t think it’s something we can solve anytime soon.
  - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor
    
    Oh wow. If Johnny’s interpretation is correct then it’s really a half-baked solution… Every other VPN product I’ve works just fine at work, so why can’t Opera?
pokemiu

Nice release. Thank you.
The surprises keep coming.
I hope it won’t be at the cost of the performance (ram/cpu usage).
That’s why I use Opera.
- http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor
  
  I agree. Really nice release, all the new features are useful and nice!
- Aneta Reluga
  
  Be ready for more nice surprises then.
  - Gloriam
    
    Looking forward to it!
taneli

Well, apparently my Youtube re-reloading bug seems to be gone, that’s nice.
Is there a way to disable the video popup in the settings? Or do i need to do it via flags?
- Marcin Mitek
  
  There is an exception list for video popup coming, it should be available in the next developer release.
  
  edit: and beta
  - taneli
    
    Okay, thank you.
iPristy

Can’t edit speed dial thumbnails if there is just one line of it, it’s out of reach.

Is this in every Opera, i don’t know or is it just limitation?
- Aneta Reluga
  
  Thanks, reporting.
- RafaellaG
  
  It’s in every Opera beta and developer build.
  Do have only one line of speed dial thumbnails myself.
  - Aneta Reluga
    
    Ok, I must admit I was adamant that the old bug was fixed and re-introduced with the context menu. Well, one way or another it got a load of attention now. Thanks.
http://www.uopera.net/ Opera Fans

Opera, you are saying goodbye to China, when the time you add native vpn within your browser.
- Кostadin
  
  Well. it could be a big ‘Hello’. I think there are enough ways to download a software you want to use
  - Ariane Lu
    
    We love Opera.
    
    But if Opera provide VPN without limit in China, Opera’s website will be blocked in China, By Government , We will unable to download or get any new version of Opera in China.
    - Sidney Guioy
      
      They could make a special version for user downloading from china, with vpn service not available. So it’s solve the government problem, and someone who want that feature can use a vpn to download opera with vpn integrated
    - Cesar Napoleon
      
      they’re doomed to fail at blocking things from people who want them by a community raised from the first years of mankind : hackers.
      - Ariane Lu
        
        Something already went to bad, our international bandwidth is slowing down. with packet loss, large response time. And more site in black list.
        
        A lot of developer will use proxy , like me. or just stop learning new technology, disconnect from the world.
        
        We hate firewall.
http://webdizajn.org Dizajn Ninja

This is excellent news!
qwerty

How about anonymous torrent downloads? Opera still has a torrent client, right?
- http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor
  
  Does it??
oic

Theme from menu is missing?
- Kornelia
  
  Yes, but it’s still available in three different places: 1. Settings – Basic, context menu on speed dial page and under Customize start page.
  - oic
    
    I don’t like the new changes. You basically merged downloaded themes and themes online into one sliding window. If I have lots of animated themes, its a pain to search thru it all. Plus I don’t know which theme is located on my hard drive and which is online that require downloading
    - bwat47
      
      If you go to opera:themes from the addressbar | my themes you should see just your list of locally installed themes.
      
      It would be nice if there was an option for the main theme selector on the speed dial page to only show local themes though
      - RafaellaG
        
        And the themes could be a little bigger
        Don’t has be so big as in opera:themes ;P
  - RafaellaG
    
    don’t forget the “opera:themes” in the address field^^
tarkus

Well, great news and an even greater browser! I wonder why anybody bother to use a browser other than Opera these days. Even I must try to assimilate the innovations you are bringing with every new version! Bug reporting will come later, for now let’s enjoy the software!
- Kornelia
  
  Thank you for a nice feedback!
DS2902

Take the opportunity to include individual sites . It will become the new killer feature for users in Russia .
- Alex Wazovskiy
  
  Чую, скоро Роскомнадзор запретит Оперу)
  - DS2902
    
    Да и не только оперу. Сидят там сцуки и думают, как бы все эти VPN и прокси запретить.
    - Russian Dance Music
      
      Скоро у нас будет доступен только один сайт – сайт президента) Все остальное запретят))
      - RafaellaG
        
        Could you – and the above users – please post your comments in English (or at least an additional translation in English). This is an English speaking community! Thanks!
        
        Не могли бы вы – и вышеупомянутые пользователи – пожалуйста, оставьте свои комментарии на английском языке ( или по крайней мере дополнительный перевод на английском языке) . Это английская говорящая община ! Благодаря!
- daniellz
  
  Юху, я могу читать Лурк! =)
senja1

What about 64-bit version for Windows?
- Aneta Reluga
  
  Apologies. Not today.
  - RafaellaG
    
    Please don’t wait for the next developer build (again)
Mit Navn

When i enable VPN and try to open opera again it crash every time
Version: 38.0.2205.0
developer
System: Windows 10 64-bit (WoW64)
- Kornelia
  
  It’s a know issue unfortunately, DNA-52714. Sorry for that.
drkrvn

How do you finance this service?
- Kornelia
  
  We are profitable company, we do have the money.
  - Sidney Guioy
    
    I was going to ask the same question. Even if a agree this is an awesome feature, question of how much it cost is still in my head .
    Internet has taught us to be careful of free services.
    
    i ( but i’m not as aware as you guys of every details of the company/market ) would have included free vpn with limited bandwidth and allowed for users to pay/( watch ads like in opera max/surf easy) a bit to get more bandwidth )
    
    Anyway, this announcement gave you even more media coverage than Native ad blocker, that’s really cool for you guys ! 😀
    
    As suggested an optional “white list” of site we want on vpn (we may not need all website going through vpn) would be a nice feature and save you guys some bandwidth in the same time
    
    PS: i know some website looking for HTTPS and Privacy friendly ads services, that looks like something opera ads team could make available ( and in the same spirit of recent features you are providing on desktop )
    
    sorry for long post, here a potato.. Oh wait, wrong community :p
    - Aneta Reluga
      
      Well, we appreciate cute kittens too. 😉
      
      The question is sort of philosophical though. Actually, how do you finance any freeware application, feature or service? Since it is not a matter of simple “do ut des” calculations, there are varying business models, and the market is constantly evolving. I can only address your understated doubts by saying that we are doing our job in both the legal and the ethical way, and ethics is a meaningful word.
      - Sidney Guioy
        
        I know it was probably a rhetorical question but ..
        Usually free things are financed through :
        -Partnaires
        -Additional services ( paying users pay for free users )
        -Ads
        -User Info selling
        
        *You have partners ( speed dial, search engines )
        *You have ads ( vpn isn’t supposed to block ads ? or only intrusives one/ same model as native ad blocker )
        *You keep our info safe ( ethical )
        
        *Your aditional services, Surf Easy is still usefull for full computer / mobile vpn
        i don’t use Opera Max (wp user) but if i recall, it allow free service against ads
        
        So yeah i suppose that if you do that, you are still profitable, but providing free VPN for 60 million user ( and even more if you add that to opera for android ) look something so big in servers ( thanks surf easy) / costs ^^
        
        That was my concern, but once again, i trust you guys ! ( since opera 8 😀 )
zor1

Yap! It was nice move from opera but I just wonder how you can do fast access to VPN services across all the majority of countries that is supposedly has most of the opera user base. Anyway its nice feature and mostly much more useful then what Firefox developers implements in their browser for the few decades in past. I mean these is for people not for developers mode or something like that. And I found Opera is more intuitive and convenient to use then Vivaldi for now. Just because Vivaldi have had to fix minor usability features in line with current Opera development to be more like transactional alternative to jump off from Opera, if you wish to switch off from of course. Well I found for myself that Opera brings up much nicer look and feeling then Chromium or Google chrome for me with a same performance or better plus visual quality of content represented on pages despite that I am personally wont like too much new icon but that’s not a big deal for me. The Firefox for me looks like combine of a lot of unneeded stuff which can be just separated to the developers edition as a basic user I don’t see any point of ability to enable developers mode in simple application like a browser which is supposed to do what it does not being monstrosity clone of Dream-viewer app. Still in any browser you have the ability to review page code and or see not shortened or cutoff URL’s if you need so. And these is a basic things that used supposedly by many people who would like to analyze the page or given URL for some sort of fishing attack if it is presented in there. Most modern browser has the fishing tracking feature which is why I suppose we don’t need the complete developers functionality in the firefox. ;D That being stupid but I thought it has impact on the browser performance anyway.

I am not in mood to test developers build but as far these changes are applied to mainstream stable versions I am 100% I try to install Opera once more to test new features.

Thank you.
http://www.precar.ga/ David TSuNaMy

You cannot put the video in fullscreen:

http://animeflv.net/ver/joker-game-3.html
- Marcin Mitek
  
  This is a known issue. Tracked as DNA-52342, embedded videos cannot be played properly in fullscreen. It is already fixed and should be available in next developer release.
Dark Magician

I’m glad you took my advice of integrating VPN.
Ryan Ringle

Having code signature issues with 1password on OSX El Cap.
- Kornelia
  
  What kind of issues? Could you send us screenshot?
  - Ryan Ringle
    
    Basically when trying to fill login/password fields. There’s a popup stating “Cannot Fill Item in Opera Browser”. It goes on to state that the code signature could not be verified and filling and other features are disabled. I can send a screenshot, just tell me where you’d like it sent. Thanks!
    - Kornelia
      
      Well, this extension is not officially supported by us, but you can send us a ticket using bugwizard. We’ll see what we can do about that.
http://05bit.com/rudyryk/ rudyryk

And will Adobe Flash plugin connect also through VPN?
- Eredin Breac
  
  Nope. Your real IP still leaks through Flash and WebRTC 😛
- BK
  
  Plugin VPN support is being worked on.
sanchower

Oh, all right, Opera, I have deleted Chrome. I’m yours now.
sanchower

Please add a list of sites to turn on VPN automatically. I’m pretty sure VPN is not needed for every site.
- Devocalypse
  
  May I second that. I only need VPN for sites that implement geofencing. Having an inclusion list in the form of website > country would be best. Also are there any plans to add exit nodes in JAPAN?
dim supi

it shows me orange not blue when i use vpn and it doesn’t work
- Sp Soul
  
  Try to change country in the vpn settings. I changed usa to germany and icon become blue.
  - dim supi
    
    i’m stuck at connecting ,so i can’t change anything
Alex Wazovskiy

Opera pleases me more and more with each version of. Keep it up!
Meshaan

I can’t download opera ” This site can’t be reached ” yours site maybe is down
- Kornelia
  
  This one? http://www.opera.com/developer
  - Meshaan
    
    tried it and no luck, still i can’t download it
    - Aneta Reluga
      
      Both the regular and offline packages download fails? Can you please try once in every while – perhaps there was a temporary link overload?
      - RafaellaG
        
        he downloaded it already.
        you answered to the wrong (not latest) post from him.
  - Meshaan
    
    I download it. thx Kornelia
NoName

Would I be able to use my own VPN in the future?
Ariane Lu

Well, I think opera.com and sync service will disconnect in mainland of China as soon as possible , Because China government don’t allow any kind of proxy that can access website blocked by GFW, like Google, Facebook, Youtube, or other Adult website.

If any company provide VPN service , there server will blocked by GFW(Great Firewall), Once site add to blacklist, it’s almost impossible to get out from it.

We need internet private, but we also need stable service. If Opera continue this service without any change, we will unable to download, login, update Opera in China.
- Zdenka Micka
  
  It’ time to leave China. India is the future of Asia
  - Ariane Lu
    
    Worry about bad English. India? Maybe in the future, but not now.
- Sosialisten
  
  That wont help. A Chinese company is buying Opera Software, so the browser will soon be Chinese government spyware.
  - Ariane Lu
    
    Yeah. I know, but still hope Opera will keep it’s pure
angourakis

Hey,

Are you planning to expand this capability to Opera’s Browser Android version?

Best Regards,
Rafael
- Aneta Reluga
  
  There are plans to do so, there’s no ETA though.
  - xirit64
    
    Is native ad-blocking for Opera 37 in the cards as well? Many Android browsers already have it. And night mode like in Opera Mini is needed asap too. I hate to say it but lately UC Browser stole my heart, please don’t stay so much behind!
    - Aneta Reluga
      
      Yes, there are plans to implement both features in Android releases. Unfortunately, no ETA I know of, as well.
Herlan Ramos

I tried to watch Netflix and detected the VPN, its not working. Very Sad and dissapointing. I live in Costa Rica.
- RafaellaG
  
  There are currently only 3 virtual locations available (CAN, USA, GER).
  https://www.opera.com/blogs/desktop/2016/04/free-vpn-integrated-opera-for-windows-mac/#comment-2634954151
  and
  https://www.opera.com/blogs/desktop/2016/04/free-vpn-integrated-opera-for-windows-mac/#comment-2634954066
Wando Schneider

@disqus_YDJhOQt4lR:disqus was not kidding when he talked about kicking some asses! 😛
- RafaellaG
  
  And it’s VERY useful stuff
  - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor
    
    Except tje VPN doesn’t work in a most popular scenario – in an office…
    - RafaellaG
      
      It’s early in development. Maybe in the next build(s) it works there too.
      - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor
        
        Crossing fingers about that. I bet tons of people would find it useful…
      - RafaellaG
        
        Hopefully it’s then a lot quicker too.
        Loading sites with VPN on is very slow at the moment.
        (For me at least).
    - Cesar Napoleon
      
      tested and failed : uninstalled
Russian Dance Music

“Extension button visible on the Speed Dial side panel” … Ok))
download button would not prevent the sidebar)
PlonPlon

The full windows installer is NOT the latest version.
I’m on Windows XP and the regular installer does not work for me (can’t find some DLLs).
Where can I download the LATEST full installer for Opera Developper? I would like to test the VPN. Thanks!
- Marcin Mitek
  
  We are not supporting Windows XP and Vista starting with Opera version 37 and above. Only Opera 36 will receive security updates on those OSes.
  - PlonPlon
    
    Thanks for the info. I’ll try it on Windows 10 then
    - Marcin Mitek
      
      No problem, go ahead
http://www.smashradio.no/ Leo Lunde

The VPN works for US netflix outside of us here. But not in HD, the resolution is terrible.
- Marcin Mitek
  
  There is a neat shortcut in Netflix (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S) that allows you to override the stream settings and force the better quality than the detected.
  Usually takes some time to buffer the better quality fragments, but sometimes it’s worth waiting.
  - http://www.smashradio.no/ Leo Lunde
    
    Useful! Thanks!
    - Marcin Mitek
      
      Also, replace Alt with Option on Mac
  - http://www.smashradio.no/ Leo Lunde
    
    And it’s gone. Got the proxy screen of death in the middle of an episode of Torchwood.
    - RafaellaG
      
      Torchwood is great (the original English first two seasons)!
Colin Michael

NO VPN Option on Mac..

UPDATE>>> I’m Thick.. downloaded wrong one.
Dark Magician

But as far as I know Chromium still has WebRTC leak, and so does Opera. So when is it going to be addressed, it reveals your IP no matter the VPN?
- Aneta Reluga
  
  It is on the to-do list.
- L33t4opera
  
  Hi, you can try this, and see if it helps in your case 😉
Tousif Rahman

trying to use US netflix from Australia with the new VPN service but can not…still showing the error !! any idea how i can overcome this?
Valentin Radu

Wow, I left Opera quite a while back, when it lacked features because of switching to Chromium. Now, I saw on a web site the news about built-in VPN, and decided to give it a try – I don’t regret a single thing about it. The browser is great, and has incredible features that really make it stand out, video pop out being one of my favourites (ideal for wide screens, where content isn’t anyway taking up the entire width of the screen), besides built-in ad blocking, and the modern layout engine, and extensive customization options – oh, and on Windows 10, the browser looks awesome, just a bit hard to make out the tabs from the ‘Menu’ (Opera) button.

One small feature request: please add an option to set inactive title bar colour, or stick to the system provided one (which can be customized in Windows 10, even though Microsoft’s Settings app does not offer an option – Opera always uses the default gray colour, no matter if the default has been changed). Oh, and a darker theme for the navigation bar would be appreciated, as an option of course.

Also, one question: is there a 64-bit version available? I guess it is not that necessary, since Opera anyway splits tabs in separate processes, and each of them can access a maximum of 4 GB of RAM on 32-bits, which is highly unlikely I guess (a tab accessing that much), but just asking…?

TL;DR Great job, Opera, keep it up! Thanks!
pidgin

I’m experiencing crash-loop. Could use fine after first installing but after closing have not been able to start it up again. Just crashes, starts itself again for like 4-5 times and finally closes. Win7x64
- BK
  
  Sorry for that. What’s your OS ?
  - pidgin
    
    win7x64
    - BK
      
      can you try to restart your browser few more times, we will get some more crashlogs to find it 😀
  - valshebnaya
    
    I am having the exact same problem, Windows 7 64 bit as well. >.<
https://frenchtogether.com/ Benjamin Houy

Just one question. How can you offer a VPN for free? I ask, because I’m suspicious ever since I learned that hola does it by actually letting other users use your internet connection when you connect to it.
Puneet Kumar

This is not working for me, I am behind my college proxy. Is that the reason?
O. Lee

…nice I thought, finally some light at the end of the tunnel for us in China, but… sadly not! Even managed to download it (using another VPN) and setting it up, it does not work. Cant get any access with the VPN on.

So, no use for us here in China, where we need it most. Of course there was a news item about Opera being bought by a Chinese company recently, so no suprise it will not work here. Sad and un-necessary hype.

And quite useless as it is….
- Marko Koivuniemi
  
  This is just first developer version. It’s no need to be so dramatic. (It could be that this is not gonna work in China but we don’t actually know it yet.)
- Ariane Lu
  
  We should’t use built-in VPN, or Opera’s domain name and services will say goodbye to us.
Licaon_Kter

addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/github-notifier/ still gets disabled out of the blue, either 2.2.2 from Opera or 2.3.2 from Chrome Store
PlonPlon

Are you planning to add France to the VPN soon?
Denyer

Can we get tabs on the left/right side yet?
Nekomajin43

Not bad.
Parmeet Singh

The IP address seems to remain the same in Mac version, even after switching on the VPN
Elroy

Just Heard Opera is sold to Qihoo Chinese company accused of fraud in anti Virus http://www.myce.com/news/chinese-antivirus-vendor-cheated-several-antivirus-tests-results-withdrawn-75932/
Marcin Mitek

I already removed two of your comments. Please don’t make me ban you.
http://www.cpcwiki.eu/ Gryzor

No sh!t, Spamie McSpammison!
Aneta Reluga

Thanks!

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Opera Desktop

Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy

Why we are adding free VPN in Opera

Enhanced privacy online with Opera’s free VPN

Better than traditional VPNs

Let us know what you think

Other changes

Video pop-up

Add your own photo as theme

Extension button visible on the Speed Dial side panel

Support for adding a personal ad blocker list

Speed Dial improvements

Installation links:

About Krystian Kolondra

Opera Desktop

Why we are adding free VPN in Opera

Enhanced privacy online with Opera’s free VPN

Better than traditional VPNs

Let us know what you think

Other changes

Video pop-up

Add your own photo as theme

Extension button visible on the Speed Dial side panel

Support for adding a personal ad blocker list

Speed Dial improvements

Installation links:

About Krystian Kolondra

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