Opera adds further functions to the sidebar of its web browser. After Twitter, Facebook Messenger and Instagram have already been integrated, Spotify, Apple Music and Youtube Music are now also located in the sidebar. The control should be possible via mouse-over or media keys on the keyboard while surfing in other tabs.

By integrating the music services in the browser is to be used to simplify multitasking in the browser. Users do not have to manually pause the background music to watch a video, for example – the browser does that. In addition, there is no overlaying of different media if an audio file is automatically started in a tab. “We say yes to well-tended background music and no to cacophony”, describes Maciej Kocemba, Product Director for the Opera Desktop Browser, the new function.

Browser as control center Opera (download) should play a central role when working on the PC and surfing. Instead of operating several programs or devices in parallel, as many functions as possible should be available in the browser. This is particularly useful during the corona pandemic, when users spend a lot of time at home and on the computer.

(cbo)