Opera usually emphasizes because always, for a fairly innovative browser, to the extent that others will usually focus on the news it presents to add to their own browsers. Of course, this is not always the case, but when they are not the first, they show a quick response, as we have already seen with the announcement of ChatGPT integration, which came less than a week after the announcement of Microsoft Edge. with Copilot. and which has been available for several weeks.

A very bold step on the part of Opera took place already in 2016, when the browser began to offer a VPN connection completely free of charge. Since, this was one of the main reasons why many users chose this browser compared to the rest of the offer in this sense. It is true that we can find free extensions and add-ons that add VPN connectivity to other browsers, but the integration of the service in Opera and its reliability are undoubtedly a guarantee.

In its early days, the service was offered for both desktop and Android and iOS versions, but as we remembered a year ago when Opera VPN Pro was launched, the company decided to remove the feature from the Android and iOS versions shortly after its global releaseto the misfortune of its users, who were thus left without one of the most valuable functions.

However, that has changed since some time ago the free VPN returned to Android and according to what we can read on the browser’s official blog, Opera’s free VPN service also returns to iOS. In this way, as they confirm in the mentioned publication, «Opera has become the first web browser to offer a free built-in VPN on all major platforms: Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and now iOS.A big milestone for sure.

The rollout of this new feature has already started, but they say it will take several weeks to complete.. The good news is that its scope is complete and that, like on other platforms, it will not be necessary to have a user account or any other type of registration, so browsing will be anonymous while using it. And of course the volume of traffic will be unlimited. Of course, we can see this move as another way to promote the Pro service, which will most likely also be accessible from Opera for iOS.