No Opera Sync Option on iOS
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kenmissouri last edited by
@simmersimmer I agree. I downloaded Opera on pc and imported my bookmarks but when I downloaded it to IOS it won't sync anything.
definitely a deal breaker for me...
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kervin152 last edited by
@kenmissouri Same here. I am using Opera for desktop but still safari for iOS.
It's a shame because it's actually a great product.
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Stadtmusikant last edited by@kervin152 If you need sync on iPhone, you could consider Vivaldi. It’s non US and syncs with its desktop sibling.
Otherwise connecting Opera on desktop with Opera on iOS with Flow gives you a rudimentary experience of synchronization at least. (Showing you recently opened tabs on desktop e.g.). -
vyrgozunqk last edited by
@Stadtmusikant the Flow based sync doesn't work realiably... I'm not sure it is even flow based, because when I send message to Flow it almost immediately appears on my phone, while the tabs from the computer do not.
For example I am still looking on my phone at the tabs that have been opened on my PC 5 minutes ago, no new tabs are pushed, the closed ones are not removed.
So it's not working reliably at all.
On the PC/ Mac you also can't see your mobile tabs. However, let's say that this is not that big of a deal... But being able to see the PC/ Mac tabs on the phone is. And it has to be reliable.
For me Opera has the best UI at the moment and feels super smooth, but still can't make it default browser.
After the previous sync issues that they had, i can only try it from time to time and that's it.
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A Former User last edited by
Maybe I'm a different kind of breed. I really like the minimalist design of Opera on iPhone. I wouldn't want to have a fully flavored Speed Dial like Vivaldi has that syncs with your desktop PC, or similarly Safari (which I don't use because it's not available on Windows or Android, which I also work with).
I understand that people think different and would like to have better sync capabilities, but at least in my case, I don't really miss them.
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chadalau last edited by
I cant understand why we dont have a sync, i was loving using open on pc, and was about to use on my ios, and them this
moving away from chrome, and now from opera, what a vital functionality they are not enabling
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TerryDennis last edited by
I need everything sync'd between my computer and phone. Passwords, etc. Until the Opera mobile browser allows a sign in and sync option I'm sticking with chrome. Shame, I really like Opera otherwise
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A Former User last edited by
You could create a shortcut to sync.opera.com on your speed dial, so that you can reach your bookmarks from other devices:
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kenmissouri last edited by
I was just gonna stick with the Desktop version and use something else on my phone until the other day. I spent 2 hours getting my bookmarks updated, sorted, and categorized into folders and when I went into opera a couple hours later all the bookmarks were back to a jumbled mess, not sorted, when I started to adjust them back they automatically undid everything I just did so I'm done with Opera
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jonaballen last edited bySync is now fully available in latest releases from 6.6.0 and forward.
https://blogs.opera.com/mobile/2026/07/opera-one-for-ios-tab-media-controls-full-synchronization/
The reason why Sync took some time was due to the fact that Opera on other platforms rely on Chromium sync. The Opera Browser for iOS app is not built on the Chromium code base. So the entire sync feature had to be written from scratch and integrate with the very complex chromium sync logic and mechanisms.
Note: The ability to sign in to Opera and sync one-way (i.e. import data from your Opera account and continuously be up to date with your other browsers) has been available since last year.
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vyrgozunqk last edited by
@jonaballen oh wow, thanks.
Will definitely give a chance to Opera again, although i've fully migrated to another one. -
david27 last edited by@jonaballen I've noticed Sync being present in Opera One weeks ago. The question is, is it also present in Opera GX?
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jonaballen last edited by
Hi @david27
Only in GX for computers, not in the mobile versions of GX, unfortunately.
