Software Update: Vivaldi 4.2

Version 4.2 of the web browser Vivaldi has been released. Vivaldi is a web browser developed by former Opera employees. He mainly focuses on power users and users of Opera before the switch to Chromium, although this browser is also based on it. Vivaldi has extensive capabilities such as mouse gestures, tab stacking, extended keyboard shortcuts, and annotation on web pages. The browser is free and is being developed for Windows, Linux and macOS, and since version 3.4 also for Android. The main improvements made in this release are listed below:

Translate text on a web page privately, free from “prying eyes”

You know that you can count on us to protect your privacy. That’s why we introduced our very own private translation feature right in the browser – a reliable and trustworthy solution. The only servers involved here are Vivaldi’s, which means you can translate with the confidence that Big Tech isn’t watching.

Vivaldi Translatepowered by our friends at lingvanex, is designed to let you bridge language barriers. Our aim is to continue developing and improving this feature significantly so that you can be less dependent on tools offered by Big Tech. Vivaldi Translate already lets you translate pages in your preferred languages ​​– safely and securely.

In this update, we’ve added more functionality to this feature that is unique to Vivaldic. It goes beyond inline select translation and does not require the use of any extension. Now you can select any text on a web page that you visit and also have the ability to see both the texts and also select the target language – all at the same time. Simply select text on a webpage, right-click on the selection and pick Translate Selection from the menu.

You will find an overlay on the page that displays the selection in the detected language that can be translated to the system language. And in response to user feedback, you can also translate to other languages ​​– and even from other languages ​​if the auto-detection hits a snag.

Vivaldi is all about browsing the way you want. If you love to work with keyboard shortcuts, then you can even map this function. Keyboard Shortcuts in Vivaldi can be customized and used to control nearly every aspect of your browser. To create a Keyboard Shortcut for translating selected text, go to Vivaldi Menu > Tools > Settings, switch to the Keyboard Settings menu when the Preferences open, open the Page section and scroll down to the “Translate Selected Text” field. Activate the field and add your desired keyboard combination to the field.

Now, share information even faster with QR Codes in Vivaldi.

The popularity of QR (quick response) codes have skyrocketed, due to the pandemic ushering in a touch-free world. Because QR codes are a great way to share information, we have a built-in QR generator on our Vivaldi desktop version that lets you easily share URLs to other devices.

Browsing is about navigating from one place to another as quickly as possible. To help speed up your browsing experience, QR codes now work for you even faster on Vivaldi on a desktop. And we’ve improved this functionality further. You can now display a QR code that allows you to quickly share the page to another device, using Quick Commands, Keyboard Shortcuts or Mouse Gestures.

If you want a handy QR button in the address field, you can enable this feature from the Address Field Options in the Settings. Vivaldi also offers a QR code scanner on our Android browser.

Enhance your browsing with a lot more in Vivaldi

There is always room for more features and options in Vivaldi. And we’ve got more!

• The buttons for Vivaldi’s signature Web Panels are now scrollable. You can also now expand the number of Web Panels.
• As the demand for privacy-friendly search engines has grown, so have the options available. We’ve added a brand-new search option – Neeva – to our list of privacy-friendly search engines on desktop and Android. With the initial limited roll-out, from this version onwards, users in the US can experience Neeva’s ad-free search. Read more.