Opera 55 brings Material Design Settings

Opera 55 on developer version has got an update, the settings page has got material design. Like the Chrome material design Settings page, the new settings page in Opera browser consists of two categories: Basic and Advanced.

Opera with material design Settings

Basic Settings offer the settings for block ads, wallpapers, Appearance, sidebar, Synchronization, search engines, making opera the default browser and startup options.

Opera 55 material design settings

Advanced Settings section, hidden by default, but expands when you click on Advanced label, offer Settings for Privacy and Security, Passwords and Forms, VPN, Battery Saver, My Flow, search pop-up, video pop-out, Opera Turbo, start Page, user interface, Downloads, System, shortcuts and Reset Settings.

Opera Advanced Settings material design

‘Search Settings’ search bar on top of the page lets you find the setting you’re looking for.

READ: Opera 54: Update & Recovery Option in Menu

Disable Material design settings in Opera

If you don’t like the new material design settings page in Opera browser and want the old or classic settings page back, you can, here is how.

1. Visit opera://flags/#new-md-settings

new md settings flag

2. Select Disabled and relaunch Opera to see the old Settings page.

Apart from the new settings page, Opera developer 55 based on Chromium 67, also improved instant search feature. Meanwhile, Opera flow allows to connect one desktop/laptop with one mobile only, but not both to mobile. We don’t know when Opera adds multi-device connection support to flow.

Opera’s Instant Search is like Quick Commands in Vivaldi

How to Set up Flow in Opera Desktop browser

How to disable My Flow in Opera browser?

You can download latest Opera developer 55.0.2962.0 from here.

Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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