The 13 Indian languages include Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. The company says that the language list will be sorted based on the popularity at the user’s location. So for a user in Odisha, Oriya and Hindi will be listed towards the top.
This means the browser support will extend beyond languages that are natively supported by Android, as was the case till now. Users will be prompted to select a language the first time they use the updated version of the browser.
“We are continuing our efforts to bring the internet to as many people as possible, not only by making it possible to access the internet on low-bandwidth networks with our compression technology, but also by making sure that our browser is easy for anyone to use and understand. The improved language support is an important part of our efforts,” said Christian Uribe, Product Manager for Opera Mini, in a release.
In addition to the language support, Opera Mini for Android also gets an improved download manager and a new QR-code reader and generator. The company has said before that download managers are one of the most sought-after features for users in India.
The
update brings improvements to speed and stability of downloads. The last update
released in December, introduced the ability for users to control the number of
files that can be downloaded simultaneously. Post the update, the download
manager would alert users when downloading files over 15MB in size.
Lastly,
the browser now gets its own QR-code reader and generator. Users can use their
smartphone’s camera to read and
interpret any QR-code. As for the generator, you can create a QR-code for any
webpage and share it with others.
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