Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Opera browser beta for Android hits Play store with WebKit horsepower

[![Opera browser for Android beta hits Play store beta packing webkit horsepower](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/opera-browser-webkit-3-5-13-01.jpg) ](http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/05/opera-browser-beta-google-play-webkit/)

Opera made a seismic shift when it [dropped](http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/13/opera-300-million-webkit-switch/) its long-in-the-tooth Presto engine [in favor of WebKit](http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/26/opera-webkit-browser-hands-on/), and now you can see the changes for yourself. The browser's now up in beta on Google Play, packing the same rendering engine as its Chrome and Safari counterparts along with a handful of extra features. Those include an updated speed dial page for easier launching of favorite sites, off-road mode to conserve data, a discover tab and HTML5 support. We haven't seen it yet on iOS and there's no date for a final release, so keep in mind you'll be test-piloting the still-beta Android app. Check the source to grab it.

Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/)

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**Via:** [Android Police](http://http://)

**Source:** [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser.beta&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5vcGVyYS5icm93c2VyLmJldGEiXQ..)

URL: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/05/opera-browser-beta-google-play-webkit/

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