Now available for iOS, the Opera Touch browser is ideal for one-handed operation. The specially designed browser is intended for large phones without a home button, such as the iPhone XS Max. This is why.
Opera Touch available for iOS
Opera launched the new browser Touch last April for Android devices, but the efficient Safari alternative is now also in the App Store. The app is mainly intended for owners of an iPhone without a home button, such as the iPhone XS or with a large screen such as the iPhone 8 Plus.
Touch is designed on such devices, so that you can always operate the app with just one hand. At the bottom there is a central button with which you can do everything necessary. Also nice when you have small hands, because you do not have to reach over the entire screen to be able to use the internet.
Touch therefore has a very simplistic appearance, without the well-known bars that the standard browser Safari has. On the spot where, for example, an iPhone X or soon the iPhone XR you return to the main screen, Touch contains the control button with which you can search, open or close a new tab, among other things.
This makes browsing feels very natural, and you don’t have to swipe the entire screen continuously. When opening a new tab, it is even possible to quickly scan a qr code. Opening the camera app first is therefore unnecessary. The only thing that requires you to point towards the top address bar with your fingers is adding bookmarks.
Flow lets you sync with desktop
You can also access Opera’s Flow technology from the button at the bottom of Touch. If you also have an Opera browser open on your Mac or PC, thanks to Flow you can effortlessly send links, images and notes from your iPhone to your desktop browser via a ‘secure private connection’.
For that reason, Touch is not inferior to the synchronization function of Safari between devices, as long as you use the Opera browser everywhere. In addition, Touch has a built-in ad blocker and protects against cryptojacking, a way criminals obtain crypto coins through someone else’s device.