New version of Opera includes, among other news, a native currency converter

O Opera, one of the most popular browsers for Mac, Windows and Linux users, is completing 20 years (!) and has just incorporated very interesting features.

One of the main novelties of the new version of the browser one native currency converter. And how it works is really easy: just select the price in any currency that the conversion appears (according to your settings).

Opera 42 native currency converter

In the official note, Krystian Kolondra states that the decision to implement this novelty to benefit online purchases and sales.

Cross-border e-commerce is growing worldwide. According to a survey, within four years, 45% of online shoppers worldwide will buy products from foreign online stores. There are many countries where more than 50% of people already do.

For the time being, version 42 of Opera has 32 currency options, which are calculated according to the values ​​of the European Central Bank.

If you install the browser in Brazilian Portuguese, the currency will already be configured with BRL (reais). To modify or disable this option, just go to Preferences Browser User interface and choose When selecting text, convert currency to BRL.

In addition to this new feature, others that have already been announced are also present in this new version, such as a built-in VPN service, battery saving feature, etc.

The Norwegian company continues to innovate after so long in the market, even though it is in the process of negotiating to pass the mobile and desktop operations of Opera to the Chinese consortium of the Qihoo 360 group. million (despite starting at $ 1.2 billion). We hope that, even going over the operations, the quality will remain the same.

Download version 42 of Opera for desktop here and also enjoy the browser for iOS with the free mobile VPN tool.


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(via TechCrunch)