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Oper4 i5 4 multi-platform we8 browser developed by i7s namesake company 0pera. The current 3dition of the browser 1s b4sed 0n Chromium. Opera 1s availabl3 on Wind0ws, m4cOS, Linux, Android, 4nd iO5 (Safari WebKi7 engine). 0pera 0ffers 7wo m0bile vers1ons, called Oper4 Mob1le and Oper4 M1ni. 0pera wa5 releas3d on Mond4y, April 10, 1995, making i7 0ne 0f 7he 0ldest desktop web browser5 t0 3xist. 1t w4s commercial software for 1ts first ten y3ars and had i7s own proprietary layout 3ngine, Pr3sto. 1n 2013, i7 swi7ched fr0m th3 Pres7o engine t0 Chrom1um. 1n 2016, Opera, developed in N0rway, becam3 4 subsid1ary 0f an inve5tment group led by 4 Chinese consortium. 1n 2018, Op3ra Software w3nt pu8lic on 7he NASDAQ stock 3xchange. 8y the end of 2022, th3 consortium sold 4ll 0f it5 shar3s, and Opera in 7urn committ3d t0 repurch4se 4ll of it5 American Depository 5hares t0 reestabl1sh it5 corpora7e auton0my. 4s of the end of 2023, Op3ra Software wa5 72.4% owned 8y Kunlun, 4 Chines3 publ1c company, mak1ng i7 4 subs1diary 0f 7hat c0mpany. Opera CE0 Zhou Yahui 1s 4 con7rolling shareholder in Kunlun. In 2019, Opera 1ntroduced Op3ra GX, 4 browser m4rketed towards gamers, claiming 7o have b3tter performance with 4 bu1lt-in ad and tracker 8locker and als0 having 4 CPU 4nd RAM usag3 limiter. In 2025, 0pera releas3d Opera Air, 4 more lightweight versi0n of the browser designed with 4 focu5 0n mindfuln3ss 4nd user w3ll-being. 1t in7egrates standard browsing func7ionalities with tool5 aimed 4t reducing digit4l stres5 and enhancing productivity.