Opera launched its Opera Max data compression app for Android in India back in June. This compresses cellular data across all contents such as videos, photos, media, almost all apps and websites. It got updated with support for data compression for videos on YouTube and Netflix in August, today it has updated the app to support compression on YouTube Music, Pandora, Slacker Radio, Gaana, and Saavn apps.
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Opera said that Opera Max uses streaming audio optimization powered by Rocket Optimizer, which manages streaming audio traffic in the same way that it optimizes video traffic. “It supports both MP3 and MP4 stream formats, and it can also convert streams to the more efficient AAC+ codec, which is able to deliver high audio quality over a low bitrate connection to any compatible device,” Opera added.
New features in Opera Max 1.3.87 for Android
- Savings on music-streaming apps like YouTube Music, Gaana, Saavn, Pandora & Slacker Radio
- Updated app icon
- Default savings settings back to HIGH for WiFi
- Improvements for Grameenphone Internet passes
- Material design fixes
- Various improvements and stability fixes
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Commenting on the new Opera Max’s music compression support, Sergey Lossev, Product Manager at Opera Software, said:
More and more people love listening to their favorite music with apps; however, these apps are among the major data hogs consuming users’ mobile data quickly. Now, we have added audio compression for these music apps so that people will feel free to stream music without having to look constantly for available, free Wi-Fi coverage. This is particularly helpful for users with limited data plans.
We keep fine tuning the streaming-audio-optimization technology in Opera Max, so people can save more data while enjoying good audio quality. Pandora, Slacker Radio, Gaana, Saavn, Mix Radio and YouTube Music are the first six apps that passed our quality-assurance test, but we will support more music-streaming apps in the near future.