Vivaldi for android

eb110americana

I think people want vivaldi on their phones not because they want vivaldi browser by itself, but because they want to have sync between pc and phones, so they will be able to continue to read sites when switching to other device type (pc to phone and vice versa).

This is key. Although I am sure that Vivaldi for Android will ultimately deliver useful new features, I think you could buy time by packaging a plugin/add on that makes syncing bookmarks and maybe tabs possible to-and-from mobile. I don't know if Chrome for Android supports this, but that would seem like the most logical place to offer it. It seems like there is now some native syncing that works with Vivaldi, which was not functioning with Google's bookmarks syncing before. I have taken to using FVD Synchronizer from the time before that feature was offered. I can probably find something similar if Chrome for Android supports extensions/add ons (I don't yet know, since I am still on a Windows 10 Mobile phone, but came upon this thread as I am looking to switch very soon).

It sounds like, from the article, that it is likely to become available before year's end. Unlike the desktop, where myriad options allow customization, I would say that the limited real estate of the mobile screen would mean some of the most welcome features would facilitate normal navigation functions, while taking up a minimum of on-screen space. Gestures, collapsible menus, and auto-hide bars, such as tabs would all be great ways to achieve this.

spardev

Hi, today i discored this amazing browser, and i already using this as my main browser!

I really want a mobile browser, and i ser other people want too. So, i Will indicate Yandex, i doesn't use Chrome anymore!

When The mobile version comes out i Will change the yandex for the vivaldi mobile! And i want a function that have on yandex and in opera: synced tabs - ALL tabs in ALL devices. For example i was searching fish on my Android, and when i enter on my Pc, i canal Acess that tab!

stardepp

@spardev Vivaldi for Android will be released at the end of the year, according to Jon (CEO of Vivaldi Team)

... Is everything here in this newspaper article:

https://www.cnet.com/news/vivaldi-mobile-browser-due-in-2019-but-no-ad-blocking/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c9f7a381adf640001ab3849&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1RwKqaywFSz0PXZTxWwSQlGaP5k3kOstUruNQ_ibjnaiV7J1Te4YlEXOE

stardepp

@spardev Welcome to the forum and have fun with Vivaldi.

Shaga

@JoelYoung said in Vivaldi for android:

@alexkven said in Vivaldi for android:

@awpii "Vivaldi for android is in a very early stage of planning (we're not sure if it's even advanced enough in development to call it an app yet haha)."

Sounds exactly like what I heard 8 months ago when I first started looking to see if Vivaldi was working on a mobile version. Is there a timeline as to when we can expect a beta version? Has much progress been made since February? It's kinda discouraging that it's not "even advanced enough in development to call it an app," still after months and months.

What so many people to fail to realize (or even consider as a possibility) is that the Vivaldi team is not Microsoft or Google; meaning they don't have large numbers of people working on all aspects of every future feature all at once. The V team can only do so much each day/night. There are THOUSANDS of bugs to squash, HUNDRED of feature requests, and I can't even imagine the decision making process of knowing where to focus their efforts FIRST.

No one can reasonably expect Vivaldi to pop out with a perfect, polished, full-featured product within a few weeks or months. The average user has no idea - zero clues - about how much work it is to code software like this. I've been there done that, and I know full well what the team is going through.

This post will get lost in a sea of topics and posts within a few hours, but I had to take the time to say it. Seeing people come in here and expecting to have it all - instant gratification - is frustrating to me as a user and forum member. I can only imagine how discouraging/disheartening it can be for the developers.

I just want to point it never got lost. It's important that we get an android presence but not before stuff like syncing works there. No reason to bring up a sucky browser for mobile that is already sucky to use compared to a pc setup.

spardev

@stardepp Nice! Great News!

Ayespy

@AlexKven said in Vivaldi for android:

Sounds exactly like what I heard 8 months ago when I first started looking to see if Vivaldi was working on a mobile version. Is there a timeline as to when we can expect a beta version? Has much progress been made since February?

I will mention, 8 months ago Mobile was not in broad internal testing (for instance I did not have access to a copy). Now we internal testers have it on our phones. It's pretty good, actually. No sync yet, etc., so not ready for release.

Is there a timeline? Vivaldi does not issue timelines. Jon has said publicly he expects it to be released this year.

Has much progress been made since February? I'm on my third test version.

LonM

@Ayespy said in Vivaldi for android:

Has much progress been made since February? I'm on my third test version.

I hate to jump the gun, but this sounds very similar to the level of progress back when desktop was getting its technical previews. That looks to me to be a s
Strong indicator we will get a public test version sometime this year if progress keeps up.

davidsvetlik

Personally, I want to leave Chrome ASAP. But I also want to move to Chromium-based browser which can sync between PC and Android. Whether it will be Vivaldi or Edge I actually don't care. Thing is that MS already has Edge for Android. So question is, who's gonna be first, if MS with it's Chromium version of Edge or Vivaldi for Android. I figure I am not the only one in similar situation, so winner will take a lot if not all.

LonM

@davidsvetlik Edge has a working mobile browser, but desktop is still in development.

Vivaldi has a working desktop browser, but mobile is still in development.

Take your pick, I guess ‍️

MattSolo45

@LonM Edge has both its browser on desktop and mobile and now it develops edge on chromium to replace the older one on EdgeHTML thereby increasing the number of platforms by Linux and macOS and its mobile application works very well and in terms of synchronization Vivaldi has something to learn (the button to send pages to other devices just mega). Although you can't compare Microsoft giant to Vivaldi, we're still waiting for Vivaldi to be released for android and ios.

grishka

@Ayespy said in Vivaldi for android:

No sync yet, etc., so not ready for release.

Is there any support for extensions?

2ksnorthstar

@daltondr I have the same opinion. As a long time Opera user I made the switch to Vivaldi on all of my devices except of course Android. I absolutely need the zoom/text wrap feature of Opera for Android and can't understand why no one else offers it. I look forward to trying Vivaldi for Android when it is available but won't be switching from Opera unless it has the same zoom/text wrap.

Pathduck

@2ksnorthstar said in Vivaldi for android:

but won't be switching from Opera unless it has the same zoom/text wrap.

Same here, the zoom is an absolute must-have, many sites, old forums etc, are unreadable on mobile without it...

npro

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hunfatal

@daltondr Same opinion here. Currently I'm using Opera and this is the reason. I like Vivaldi on mobile too (default browser on desktop for me ofc) but until this is implemented, I'm stick with Opera.

juntjoo

How do you resume viewing a page you opened on one device on another device in under a minute and exactly where do you find it? I presume it's from the "recent tabs" button.

Powan

Version 5.7.2909.3. Big problem in dark mode, colors are inverted. This update is a disaster. On Oneplus 7 Pro Stock rom android 11

Zalex108

@Powan

https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/82987/lots-of-fixes-vivaldi-android-browser-snapshot-2909-3/