There is no information about how many servers there are, or in which countries. Opera VPN has servers in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. So, in the end, although there are many things you can successfully use it for, we can’t say that it works 100%. When we tried again with the Asian server, the result was Ukrainian YouTube, which, again, is not in the right continent. You can imagine our surprise when we opened YouTube and saw that we were connected to YouTube in the Netherlands, which is not in the selected continent. Moreover, we encountered a strange issue when we visited YouTube while the VPN was in the Americas. and there is nothing you can do about it. However, the Americas have many countries, meaning that you may end up with access to Netflix Canada instead of the U.S. In this case, you will need to choose the Americas. Let’s say for example you want to access Netflix U.S. Since you can only choose servers in continents, and not countries, you never know which country the server you are using is in. Opera VPN does allow you to reach websites and services that are blocked in your country, however, there is a small detail that prevents it from working as well as we’d like it to. It Unblocks Websites… To a Certain Extent To activate the VPN, click on the Opera logo on the lower right, then click VPN, and enable it.
When it comes to mobile, which in this case is only an option on Android, it’s also user-friendly – you’ll just need to download the Opera with free VPN application. However, if you are trying to find a server in a certain location, you can quickly choose between the Americas, Europe, or Asia. If you’re not picky, just leave it on auto and it will find a suitable one for you. If you click on the icon, you will be able to see the amount of bandwidth used so far, as well as choose which server you want to connect to. When you enable the VPN, the icon turns blue. From there on, you will have a small icon to the left of the URL with the VPN. In order to activate it, you just need to enable it from your browser options. One thing that Opera VPN excels at is how easy it is to use.
In other words, your IP will be hidden while using Opera, but if you are using a torrent application in the background, for example, that software won’t be protected by Opera VPN. Although it has encryption through HTTPS/SSL, there is no tunneling protocol, meaning that Opera will only hide and encrypt your traffic on the browser itself instead of encrypting the entire connection. Not a Real VPNĪs stated before, Opera VPN is more of a proxy than an actual VPN. FeaturesĪs a built-in feature in the Opera web browser, Opera VPN does not give us many features to work with. Nonetheless, since it's a free and easy-to-use VPN provider, let's give it a shot and understand if it's worth using or if we get what we pay for. However, a free VPN service with unlimited bandwidth and servers in the Americas, Europe, and Asia comes with some drawbacks. Opera VPN uses an encrypted proxy to hide its users' IP and follows that with a no-log policy to make sure all your information is safe, and more importantly, unreachable to third parties. The popular Norwegian browser Opera seems to know that and developed a free VPN which users can use as a built-in feature. We all love free software! We all also love user-friendly, no-hassle, software.