{"id":268229,"date":"2026-06-09T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/opera-on-android-gets-a-home-screen-makeover-with-easy-access-to-google-ai-mode\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:15:09","slug":"opera-on-android-gets-a-home-screen-makeover-with-easy-access-to-google-ai-mode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/opera-on-android-gets-a-home-screen-makeover-with-easy-access-to-google-ai-mode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera on Android gets a home screen makeover with easy access to Google AI Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/opera-android-update-fifa-world-cup-3675852\/\">Opera on Android gets a home screen makeover with easy access to Google AI Mode<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/opera-android-update-fifa-world-cup-3675852\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/opera-android-update-fifa-world-cup-3675852\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-09 08:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tushar Mehta \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opera browser is getting a refreshed home page on Android, along with other improvements.<\/li>\n<li>The redesign brings Google\u2019s AI Mode right up front, below the standard search bar.<\/li>\n<li>The update also brings updates for soccer fans to follow their favorite teams during the FIFA World Cup 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Opera is one of the oldest web browsers still in use. It predates Chrome by almost a decade, and the company\u2018s Opera Mini browser was once the most popular mobile browser before Android took over smartphones (which brought Chrome as the default option). Despite a sharp decline in popularity, Opera still claims to have nearly 300 million monthly active users across platforms. To keep users hooked, Opera is now bringing new updates, along with a chance to win tickets to a major FIFA World Cup match next month.<\/p>\n<p>The Opera browser for Android has received a new update, bringing a redesigned home page with a direct shortcut to Google\u2019s AI Mode and private browsing. Despite that, users will still have the option to choose from other search engines other than Google. Opera will also continue to offer the built-in Ask AI chatbot alongside Google\u2019s AI Mode.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ph\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"opera home screen update\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-home-screen-update.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-home-screen-update-64w-36h.png 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-home-screen-update-1000w-563h.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-home-screen-update-1536w-864h.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-home-screen-update-675w-380h.png 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-home-screen-update-300w-170h.png 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-home-screen-update-1280w-720h.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-home-screen-update-840w-472h.png 840w\" alt=\"opera home screen update\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-home-screen-update.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The home page also gets a weather shortcut up top, along with customizable icon shapes (circular, square, and squircle) for speed dials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ph\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Ph\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Opera is also preparing for the FIFA World Cup in North America with new features. The most evident of them is the new score tracker that lets you pick your favorite soccer teams and then display live scores for their matches, detailed scorecards, upcoming fixtures, and performance throughout the tournament. Opera says users will receive notifications about kick-offs or other events, such as goals, red cards, or final results. The feature is also claimed to use AI to adjust to your preferences over time.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ph\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"opera android football matches\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-android-football-matches.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-android-football-matches-64w-33h.png 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-android-football-matches-1000w-523h.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-android-football-matches-675w-353h.png 675w\" alt=\"opera android football matches\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-android-football-matches.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Opera says it will also let users enter a lottery for two tickets and paid travel to an upcoming match&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/opera-android-update-fifa-world-cup-3675852\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opera on Android gets a home screen makeover with easy access to Google AI Mode&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":268230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/opera-browser-on-android.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-268229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268232,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268229\/revisions\/268232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}