Opera integrates free VPN in its developer channel

Vince, 21 April, 2016

Opera has baked a free VPN service into the browser's developer channel and you can take advantage of it right away. The VPN is unlimited and you won't have to pay a dime to use it.

Virtual Private Networks are used to add a layer of privacy to web browsing and allow you to bypass geolocation restrictions on popular websites. Opera cites the Global Web Index, according to which 38% of users online use VPNs to access entertainment content, and 30% to keep their anonymity while browsing.

Check out Opera's promo video for its new VPN feature.

The Opera preview version gives you three simulated locations to browse from - Canada, Germany and the US. We have tested the speed of the VPN and so far it's decent.

Feel free to share with us your impressions of Opera's VPN feature!

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Opera

Reader comments

AnonD-530126
25 Apr 2016
uHH

Did you try it in Developer version or regular? Although I haven't used it yet but I Opera has released free VPN in developer version. The reason that I haven't tried it yet is that it can only work for the browsing through Opera browser. All the oth...

Anonymous
22 Apr 2016
p6y

hm, well, sounds really cool in theory. but i feel like even if it is for now, it won't stay free forever. if it performs well, becomes popular and consequently receives heavy traffic, it'll either cease to perform well or require the usual subscript...