Opera
on Monday launched its first virtual private network
app
called Opera
VPN app. The app is so far available only for
iOS devices. The company claims that the
VPN app
will enhance online privacy and help users access more content and extend the reach of their
apps
.
Available in select markets the
app comes with the support for the English, Arabic, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish languages.
While enabling the application on the iPhone or an iPad device, users can choose any one of the five locations letting them to access the content that is available for users living in those five regions on the
Internet
. The options given to users are Canada, Germany, The Netherlands, Singapore, and
USA.
Furthermore, the
Opera VPN
app also includes an ad blocker. This means that no matter what content users access, they would not be shown any advertisements. Nor will this save your internet data, but also stop ads to tracking your details. The app has been created by Surfeasy, a company which Opera acquired last year.
“Every day, millions of people, from students to working people, find that social-media sites like Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook are blocked when they surf on their campus or workplace
Wi-Fi. The same goes for video-streaming sites. With the new
Opera VPN app
, we help people to break down the barriers of the web and enjoy the internet like it should be,” says Chris Houston, President of Surfeasy, Opera’s VPN division.
It is worth mentioning that earlier this year, Opera earlier announced its own VPN tool for the Windows and Mac Opera browser versions
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