Manage and Save Data Usage using Opera Max

Billy Halim
3 min readMay 21, 2016

Are you the person who want to save much on data usage OR do you have a limited data plan on your smartphone ? People might save their data usage by turning off mobile data or using airplane mode. Those ways are not efficient. If you turn off the mobile data or use airplane mode, you are not be able to browse the internet, chat with your friends, watch videos on Youtube, stream online music, etc. Is it worse ?

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An application called Opera Max is the best alternative to save much on your data usage. Opera Max is a data-management and data-saving app that has power to compress things like photos and videos on almost any mobile apps on mobile data connections and Wi-Fi network. Because of compression, photos and videos will load faster. It uses VPN (Virtual Private Network) to compress data that come in to your smartphone through Opera’s server. So, if you are watching a video on Youtube, the video has been compressed at Opera’s server to save your data usage.

Save Data Usage on Youtube and Netflix

Opera Max can save your data usage up to 50%* while watching videos on Youtube or your favourite movies on Netflix. Its unique technology saves data on videos without losing quality and reducing buffering. It also save your data up to 40%* while you are streaming your favourite music on Youtube Music, Gaana, Saavn, Pandora, Slacker Radio, Spotify, and other popular music streaming apps.

* Savings based on sampling of beta users in the United States. Your results may vary

Easily Monitor Your Data Usage

The other thing that makes Opera Max a nice app is you can easily watch for your mobile network traffic, how much data your foreground and background apps are using today, this month, and all-time. You can also know how long you are using an app because it tells you what time you started using that app and what time you closed that app.

Manually Block Unused Apps that Uses Data

Don’t let your data used by unused background apps. You can manually block any unused background applications that uses either your mobile and Wi-Fi data connections.

Protect Your Privacy

Opera Max doesn’t touch and save your private data that goes through secure connections. So, don’t worry, your data is safe as it uses VPN to compress data.

Opera Max is an application that let you decide whether you want saving on mobile data or data over Wi-Fi. The latest version of it gives users faster experience on Wi-Fi networks with 80% data savings of all data usage. Opera Max is only available for Android users and can be downloaded on Google Play Store. Let’s try it out !! Quoted from Opera Max’s official website :

Opera Max is a free way to save a ton of data on your phone.

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Billy Halim
Billy Halim

Written by Billy Halim

Digital Marketing Specialist (Content & SEO)

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