Opera for iOS gets new tab management features, customizable main menu

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Opera for iOS has received a major update. It introduces a new tab management system, a customizable main menu, and more.

I know it's called Opera One for iOS, but let's keep it simple and call it Opera, shall we?

Opera for Android added a new tab management system in May 2025. But, since Apple does not allow third party browser engines on iOS, tab management in Opera for iOS is nowhere as good as the Android version which has undo closed tabs, access recently closed tabs, mute tabs, etc. Still, this is a pretty good update.



In July 2025, the iOS version of Opera added some new features for the new tab page, such as support for drag and drop to reorder tabs, and an option to switch between a grid view and list view. Grid view displays thumbnails of each page, and you scroll down to view all your tab. List view is basically vertical tabs view, which I like on a phone. I'm not a tab hoarder per se, people have 100s of tabs open. I usually have like 20 to 30 tabs, even on desktop. On Safari on my iPhone, I make it a habit to close the tab immediately after reading a page, to prevent the list from getting bigger, scrolling the list is a pain. Vertical tabs solve this problem pretty well.

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