Opera Next

Why Opera Next?

We are excited to show off our latest innovations and get feedback on our work. With our new Opera Next releases, we have made it simple for you to be among the first to experience upcoming evolution and new features in the Opera browser. Check out the FAQ.

Easier than ever to try

Opera Next installs a separate pre-release version with a distinct white icon. No changes are made to your original Opera installation. Opera Next also updates itself to the latest alpha or beta so you can experience our newest technology.

Let’s hear from you!

We love receiving feedback from our users. If you discover a problem or you have an idea about how to make the Opera browser even better, we would appreciate you reporting this via our Bug Report Wizard, or by using the forums.

What’s new in Opera 12.00 beta

Opera 12 beta has a host of exciting new features to make your browsing experience smoother and faster than ever. Highlights include:

Enhanced performance and stability

Get online in record time with Opera. In our latest version, you’ll enjoy:

Quick startup with a smarter tab-loading sequence
Faster page loading, even for secure webpages
64-bit support for Windows and Mac
Smooth and stable browsing, thanks to support for out-of-process plug-ins
New themes

New, lightweight themes make it easier for you to customize the browser. Install or change themes at the click of a button, without restarting the browser. Designers can also create new themes.

Redesigned security badges

Now, it is easier to see privacy and security settings on websites with color-coded security badges in the address bar.

Camera and extensions APIs

Now, there is support for video cameras through device APIs, enabling cool new web services such as photo applications and face tracking. Opera will also offer a more robust and powerful API for windows and tabs, allowing extensions to interact with tabs, create groups of tabs, or manage windows.

Right-to-left scripts support

Opera now speaks four new languages. Now that the UI supports right-to-left languages, users of Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Hebrew can enjoy Opera in their preferred language.


Experimental hardware acceleration WebGL support

Opera will now be able to use your computer’s graphics card for extra processing power in the form of hardware acceleration. This supercharged boost makes intensive web applications and games run even better. Learn how to enable WebGL and hardware acceleration.

New web standards support

Along with these all new exciting features, we are also launching support for WebRTC (Camera), HTML5 Drag and Drop, CSS3 Animations and Transitions, Do-Not-Track, CSS Generated Content for Paged Media. This will provide richer functionality to web developers and an improved experience for end users. See a complete list of new standards supported.

Discontinuing Opera Unite, Opera Widgets and Voice

With this release, Opera Unite and Opera Widgets are removed by default for new users. We encourage all developers to move their solutions to the extension platform. Support for the legacy X+V standard and the UI voice commands is also removed, as the voice-detection library is no longer supported by the third-party vendor.