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what's up guys David here and today we're checking out the freshly updated Opera Mini browser for Android so there are a ton of mobile browsers out there ranging from the stock browser and chrome to Firefox and operas full browser but what makes Opera Mini different is how it serves up the webpages you visit on your phone so for example when you type in a website or a click on a link using Opera Mini your request is first sent over to opera servers which then retrieves the web page processes and compresses it on the server itself and then sends the compressed version of the web page back to your phone this results in claimed data savings of up to 90% and since you're technically shrinking down web pages to as little as 10% of their original size it can also lead to loading web pages faster especially when you're on a weak data connection in our use operas claims of saving up to 90% on data usage we're pretty spot-on with one of our browsing sessions using just seven megabytes of data instead of the 112 megabytes of data we would have used had the browsing session not been compressed and that was after a single browsing session so over a period of a month it can lead to a lot of saved data which could be a pretty big deal if you don't have an unlimited data plan now while all this compression technology is great it does come with some cost with some of the websites we tested not displaying 100% properly and interacting with web sites like opening a menu requiring a back and forth between the phone and opera servers which could get a little bit annoying but for the most part the experience is similar to what you get on other mobile browsers except for you getting the benefit of compression as far as other features go Opera Mini has mostly standard features you'd expect like private tabs a search on page option and the ability to hold the back button to quickly jump a few pages back without having to press the back button over and over again but where Opera Mini differs is the start page which opera calls speed dial that not only gives you quick and easy access to your favorite websites but also has a news feed for a number of different topics that you can choose from similar to how blinkfeed and my magazine work you also have the option to search Google Wikipedia Amazon and ebay on the fly directly from the address bar and when you scroll up and down a webpage you have a little button pop up that makes it easy to go to the top or the bottom of that page with a single tab while there isn't a way to request the desktop version of a website the new and cleaner-looking UI on Opera Mini does include the option to customize the browser's layout from the classic layout that makes for easier one-handed use the phone layout for maximizing your viewing area and B tablet layout for easily switching between tabs which is a pretty nice touch so while overall I think the Opera Mini is a great app to have in your app arsenal I wouldn't necessarily say it's my browser of choice when I have a strong and unlimited connection like on Wi-Fi but in those situations when your data connection is weak or when you need to save on data usage it's a pretty useful app to have now before I leave you guys I want to tell you about something that you may be excited about which is that opera is sponsoring a giveaway right now for a brand new Samsung Galaxy s6 exclusively for fans of foam above you guys are interested in potentially winning one of these bad boys check out that first link down below in the description where you can learn how to answer to win anyways that is pretty much it for me in this video thank you guys for watching and as always I'll see you guys in the very next episode