Opera discontinues Opera Max

[kev216]

Source: Upcoming changes of Opera Max

Opera Max, the app that allowed users to manage and reduce data usage across their Android mobile phone applications, was initially released in 2014. Opera has now decided to discontinue Opera Max. The product had a substantially different value proposition than our browser products, and represented a different focus for Opera. We, therefore, focus on our browsers and other upcoming services.

As a consequence, there will be no further upgrades for Opera Max moving forward. The application has also been delisted from the Google Play store catalog.

The Opera Max service will remain intact for our existing users for a period of time. We will inform these users about the termination of server-side support in due time.

More information see source, and this article on ghacks.

 

[brod56]

Understandable decision.
Before Android Nougat, this app made a lot of sense; now, we can easily deny an app from wasting data in the background, so this becomes kinda pointless.

 

[ispx]

i voted no. have not used opera's mobile browsers since the times of nokia's symbian phones.

for my droid am hooked on to firefox focus.

 

[Windows Defender Shill]

Opera also discontinued reliable updates with 47

Keep getting an error message when looking for updates.

 

[Kwan ST]

I'm using it on my Android 5.1 smartphone, any free alternative?

 

[brod56]

I'm using it on my Android 5.1 smartphone, any free alternative?

Are you using it simply as a VPN or a data saver?

 

[Kwan ST]

Are you using it simply as a VPN or a data saver?

both as VPN and mobile data saver

 

[brod56]

both as VPN and mobile data saver

Then I see no direct replacement for now.
If you have Android Nougat, you can restrict background data usage per each app.

 

[Kwan ST]

Then I see no direct replacement for now.
If you have Android Nougat, you can restrict background data usage per each app.

Thanks, I hope that they will release some other similar product in near future, maybe this is happening because of that

 

[brambedkar59]

Then I see no direct replacement for now.
If you have Android Nougat, you can restrict background data usage per each app.

But I remember using this feature to stop an app using background data on JellyBean (worked on Lollipop & MM as well). What's new about Nougat?

 

[Node]

I've never heard of it in all honesty.

 

[brod56]

But I remember using this feature to stop an app using background data on JellyBean (worked on Lollipop & MM as well). What's new about Nougat?

I only got that option in Nougat Update. Maybe the fact that I'm running GraceUX and not stock Android makes a difference.

 

[Xsjx]

Used it before i got unlimited data