Opera GX is now available on the Microsoft Store

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Opera browser made its Microsoft Store debut, alongside Yandex browser, when the new Store experience was announced by the Redmond Company in September. Last month, Mozilla joined the competition by releasing Firefox on the store. Now, Opera has put up its gaming-centric browser, Opera GX, on the Microsoft Store.

The browser is available for both Windows 10 and 11. The app is free, and is about 106.2 MB to download, which is about the size of the offline installer of the 64-bit version of the program,  that you can find on its website. Opening the About Opera page confirms that the app is indeed the 64-bit version, it matches the latest stable release build, Opera_GX_82.0.4227.44.

Firefox's Microsoft Store version uses a different user profile, and lets you run the app alongside the standalone desktop version. Opera GX's store app however, is identical to its regular browse, and uses the same profile. As a matter of fact, the app even shows up in Control Panel's Program and Features page, if you needed further confirmation about the two versions. Did you know that Microsoft is replacing this screen with the Settings app? Read our previous coverage for more details.

Nevertheless, I gave the Opera GX store app a whirl, and had no issues with it whatsoever. If you're a regular user, you may want to get it from the Store to keep your browser up-to-date automatically, though the standalone version offers the same convenience. The only advantage is when you are installing the browser from scratch, on  a new Windows install, or want to uninstall and reinstall it. You no longer need to use Edge as a middle-man to get Opera's browser, something which the company itself made fun of on Twitter.

Want to download Opera GX on the Microsoft Store? Well, you will have to open the store app and search for the browser manually. I can't find the share button on the app's page, and  even the announcement article on Opera's blog doesn't have a link to take you to the store listing. So, we can't provide you a direct link.
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