Opera introduced Opera Max, data savings app in the U.S. and Europe back in February. Today, Opera launched the app in Russia and CIS regions. Opera Max compresses cellular data across Android applications such as Vine, Instagram or Flipboard. that relies more on video, text and images.
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It compresses and reroutes data to the data-savings cloud using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). All non-encrypted data requests (excluding websites and apps with HTTPS connections) are sent through Opera Software’s compression servers, which optimize video, images and websites to use less data. It also lets users to users to block any app from using mobile data and restrict it to using Wi-Fi only.
It also offers timeline of app usage and how much data is saved in a day or month. You can also check out data savings by individual app as well. Opera Max is still in beta and is available on Google Play. It would gradually roll out globally.
Sergey Lossev, Head of Opera Max at Opera Software, said
Opera Max is the next step in the evolution of the compression technology pioneered by Opera Software. Users in the USA and Europe are already enjoying Opera Max and saving mobile data. Now it’s Russian and CIS users’ turn to see how much extra data they can get from their data plans simply by installing Opera Max.