Opera's Android browser leaves beta stage

Opera's browser.

Opera's new and improved Android browser has gone gold.

The company announced the news on Tuesday, saying that its browser for Android, which was available as beta software in the Google Play marketplace, is now complete and officially launched. Getting it out of beta means that Opera is confident that most of the bugs are gone and the software is ready for wide use.

Opera announced the initial browser overhaul in February at Mobile World Congress. Rather than base the software on its Presto engine, it decided to scrap it entirely in favor of the open-source WebKit engine used in Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome.

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