Opera today updated its Opera Max tool for Android devices with improved performance when surfing via WiFi. Opera Max is a data-management app meant to help users control how much wireless data they use. Before today's update, Max only helped control usage over cellular networks. Now, it can compress web pages over WiFi connections so users can browse quickly over congested local networks. Opera Max also gains a feature for blocking apps, which will prevent apps from tracking the user or consuming data without permission. Last, Opera refreshed the user interface based on elements from Google's Material Design. Opera Max is free to download from the Google Play Store.


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