Opera News: breaking & local

Name: Opera News: breaking & local
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.454676151275635 (667230 reviews)
Author: Opera

Opera

Contains ads

4,5

667K reviews

100M+

Downloads

Rated for 12+

About this app

Opera News is a completely localised and personalised news app. It lets you follow trending topics, watch and share funny videos, and save up to 80% of your data

Features:

Local South African & International News
Daily News stories from hundreds of leading publishers collected in one free news app giving you the best local South African News and World News. Make sure you never miss the most important headlines on any topic including celebrity news, health news, business news, sports highlights, World News, African headlines and more.

• Personalised Content:
Powered by our most powerful AI news engine, Opera News delivers real-time, AI-curated content according to your interests. Follow your favourite channels to see topics personalised just for you. The more you use the app, the better it becomes. Your preferences and personal information are kept completely secure; Opera News will never share your private data with anyone.

• Data Savings
Save up to 80% of your mobile data with our unique advanced compression technology.

• Offline Reading:
Save news stories to your phone while connected to Wi-Fi and read them later offline without using data.

• Trending Videos:
We collect the latest trending videos for you to enjoy. Upload video clips from any website and share them on Opera News to share with over 350 million global active users. This is a collection of the latest entertaining and trending videos for you to enjoy and share with friends.

• Search News:
Want to know what the latest trending searches are? Want to find news about a specific topic or person? Opera News now features a search bar that gives you suggestions on top trending searches and lets you search for specific topics or people to read about or follow.

• My Interest Graph:
You can get personalised topic recommendations based on what you have followed by adding personal preferences, so when you open the app you see only what is relevant to you.

• News Push Notification:
Receive important breaking news alerts directly on your home screen. Always stay updated about what is happening around you.

Football Highlights & Football News:
Stay on top of the latest football updates, football matches and news with access to all international competitions including Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1! Subscribe for updates on your favourite clubs and get all the football live news and scores, including premier league news.

• Save Your Favourites:
Bookmark good finds and save articles to read later - even when offline!

Dark mode:
Allows you to comfortably read breaking news and real-time updates at night or in low-light conditions.

Terms & Conditions:
By downloading this application, you are agreeing to the End User Licence Agreement at https://www.opera.com/eula/mobile

Updated on

23 May 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.

This app may share these data types with third parties

Device or other IDs

This app may collect these data types

Location, Personal info and 4 others

Data is encrypted in transit

You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4,4

650K reviews

Eduard

27 March 2025

Too many pop-up ads, and many with audio as well! The app seems quite good, similar to Google News, but it is nearly unusable with so many pop-up ads. If you peek the news at work, everyone will now within a minute with the blast of audio from the ad. They don't even give you the option to pay to disable ads, you are just expected to eat them constantly while trying to read the news. A SOLID PASS!

302 people found this review helpful

Opera

28 March 2025

We appreciate your feedback about the overwhelming number of pop-up ads and the audio issues you're facing. It’s understandable that this affects your experience, especially in a work environment. Your input is important, and we’re committed to making improvements. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

Robert Harvey

25 May 2025

poor. does not have my home town, or others in South Lincolnshire. it only recognised Grantham. the range of news sources was very thin, and most of them are of no interest. nothing about science, travel, history, geology. could not add sites or RSS links. the news stories I did see were quite old. the UI is a bit scruffy. disappointed. uninstalled

16 people found this review helpful

Opera

25 May 2025

We truly appreciate your feedback, Robert Harvey, and it’s concerning to hear that the app didn't meet your expectations for local news and topics like science and history. Please contact us using the product's report a bug feature so we can work on enhancing your experience. Thank you for your input! Opera team

Stephen Hick

20 May 2025

The fact there's no option to disable ads is beyond ridiculous, surely the whole point of a news aggregator is to enable you to quickly browse a number of sources - the incessant pop up ads make that slower than if you just visit your favourite sites directly. It's a pity their isn't a review option of zero stars.

23 people found this review helpful

Opera

20 May 2025

Hello Stephen, We appreciate your feedback on the ad experience. It's clear that the frequent pop-ups are hindering your ability to efficiently browse multiple sources, which is frustrating. We take your insights to heart and will use them to improve the experience moving forward. Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Regards, The Opera Team.

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