<![CDATA[Set Opera as Assistant not available now?]]>Dear friends, can you explain, how to set Opera as Assistant on Android 10 (by long-pressing home button)? It was available few days ago. It was very comfortable to use search function by Opera from every screen of smartphone. This feature is regularly appears and disappears from update to update (of system). It is strange, and Google can't help because problem is very tiny and hard to explain.

Thank you very very very much!
Sorry for my bad English.

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]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/298243https://forums.opera.com/post/298243Fri, 13 Jan 2023 09:49:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Sun, 04 Dec 2022 19:32:26 GMT]]>Two years now and No Fix !

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/295276https://forums.opera.com/post/295276Sun, 04 Dec 2022 19:32:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Sun, 04 Dec 2022 19:32:14 GMT]]>@leocg

Yeah... Harass anyone who complains and Never gets heard (as everyone who posted here). That will surely make Opera evolve.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/286791https://forums.opera.com/post/286791Sun, 04 Dec 2022 19:32:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:53:47 GMT]]>@lucasbs said in:

Will keep flooding this forum until the bastards bring back what they took.

Nope, you will not. And you will not call anyone bastard again.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/286755https://forums.opera.com/post/286755Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:53:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:00:35 GMT]]>I'm also waiting for this. Will keep flooding this forum until the bastards bring back what they took.

Meanwhile, I posted a workaround above to have it back. In a way.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/286751https://forums.opera.com/post/286751Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:00:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Wed, 03 Aug 2022 09:39:29 GMT]]>That assistant was actuallly very help ful, waiting for update to get stable the function

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/286658https://forums.opera.com/post/286658Wed, 03 Aug 2022 09:39:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Sat, 02 Apr 2022 17:06:43 GMT]]>I may have found a workaround.

  • Download an older Opera version (one that had the assist function)
  • Enable the assist on Android
  • Then update Opera.

Android will keep the assist function, even though Opera made the stupid choice to remove it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/278137https://forums.opera.com/post/278137Sat, 02 Apr 2022 17:06:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Sun, 29 Aug 2021 09:42:56 GMT]]>@johnholmess1122 said in Set Opera as Assistant not available now?:

Aww.. I was about to say same.
@aen4aen said in Set Opera as Assistant not available now?:

@lexusxp same here.

Opera was available to replace google assistant as a web page launcher

https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/7394306?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=fr

In my Opera installation directory, there is nothing named 'opera assistant' and neither in the profile folder. Maybe you are talking about Opera's auto updater?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260761https://forums.opera.com/post/260761Sun, 29 Aug 2021 09:42:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:01:39 GMT]]>That assistant was actuallly very help ful, waiting for update to get stable the function

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/241225https://forums.opera.com/post/241225Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:01:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:47:59 GMT]]>Aww.. I was about to say same.
@aen4aen said in Set Opera as Assistant not available now?:

@lexusxp same here.

Opera was available to replace google assistant as a web page launcher

https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/7394306?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=fr

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/238710https://forums.opera.com/post/238710Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:47:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Mon, 04 Jan 2021 22:34:55 GMT]]>Anything !?

Not gonna update before someone tell me this was fixed

How many months has it been ?

I'm receiving endless popups about updating opera. Wish I could shove these popups on a private area of the developer that removed the feature.

Third party is out of question

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/238677https://forums.opera.com/post/238677Mon, 04 Jan 2021 22:34:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Thu, 08 Oct 2020 08:45:16 GMT]]>@lucasbs 60.1.3004.55238 not fixed. Still using "SearchBar Ex"

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/227892https://forums.opera.com/post/227892Thu, 08 Oct 2020 08:45:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Thu, 08 Oct 2020 01:50:32 GMT]]>Anything ?

Have they fixed this !?

Not gonna update to 60 only to have the trouble of downgrading later

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/227833https://forums.opera.com/post/227833Thu, 08 Oct 2020 01:50:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Fri, 04 Sep 2020 03:53:14 GMT]]>@lexusxp said in Set Opera as Assistant not available now?:

No. I use "SearchBar Ex" for this option. Try to use it with Opera. It's OK imho

That app seems cool but I like this one here a lot better:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=amirz.assistmapper

Seems to solve my issue although I'd prefer if opera put the function back...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/223587https://forums.opera.com/post/223587Fri, 04 Sep 2020 03:53:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Mon, 31 Aug 2020 10:20:40 GMT]]>No. I use "SearchBar Ex" for this option. Try to use it with Opera. It's OK imho

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/223161https://forums.opera.com/post/223161Mon, 31 Aug 2020 10:20:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Fri, 28 Aug 2020 07:16:43 GMT]]>Bump, any news on this?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/222821https://forums.opera.com/post/222821Fri, 28 Aug 2020 07:16:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:25:36 GMT]]>For crist sake ! Opera 59.0.2926.53920 is out and this major problem still there !

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/216541https://forums.opera.com/post/216541Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:25:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:45:16 GMT]]>@lexusxp hm... So, while we are waiting for the results, I’ll probably use this kind of crutch πŸ™‚
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devhomc.search (found this solution on Reddit)
It's much better then nothing and makes 99% of what needed:
Home button long tap -> search bar with focus on keyboard -> search results in Opera

Thank you all, nice forum, but question is not closed, of course.
2057 year. Resurrected robotic dinosaurs attacked the last Tesla's colony on Mars, but I still can't press home button to use Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214883https://forums.opera.com/post/214883Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:45:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:10:02 GMT]]>@lucasbs Nothing yet. When the Opera update comes out, if something changes, I will try not to forget to write here πŸ™‚

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214755https://forums.opera.com/post/214755Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:10:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Tue, 16 Jun 2020 22:12:55 GMT]]>Any update on this ?

Did opera at least acknowledge the existence of this bug !?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214728https://forums.opera.com/post/214728Tue, 16 Jun 2020 22:12:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Fri, 29 May 2020 19:27:50 GMT]]>@lexusxp You may download older versions of Opera over the internet. There are infinite sites.

Versions above 57.2 don't have the Assist function. But maybe it's my phone.

Make sure you backup the browser data (bookmarks, history, open tabs), either through opera's account, or by Titantium Backup (root)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/212769https://forums.opera.com/post/212769Fri, 29 May 2020 19:27:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Fri, 29 May 2020 18:22:55 GMT]]>@lucasbs
"We will pass on your suggestion to our developers team."
So wait&see πŸ™‚

@lucasbs , please, can you explain, how do you use (install) previous versions?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/212766https://forums.opera.com/post/212766Fri, 29 May 2020 18:22:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Thu, 28 May 2020 14:54:48 GMT]]>@lexusxp There is no other place.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/212659https://forums.opera.com/post/212659Thu, 28 May 2020 14:54:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Set Opera as Assistant not available now? on Thu, 28 May 2020 14:43:55 GMT]]>@lucasbs I asked this question here ↓ because I don’t know where else to write.
https://www.opera.com/en/contact/support-form
Waiting for an answer.
Where else can I ask this question?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/212656https://forums.opera.com/post/212656Thu, 28 May 2020 14:43:55 GMT