Opera remains in the Developer Channel, and version Opera 50.0.2753.0 is built on Chromium 63.0.3230.0 platform, adding support for Google's Chromecast multimedia streaming device on all supported platforms.
Users can activate Chromecast support by accessing Settings/Preferences => Browser => User interface => Enable Chromecast support.
Opera 50 supports Chromecast and currency converter encryption.
Maciej Kocemba, Product Director at Opera, stated: “To start casting YouTube videos, simply click on the icon in the video player.” “Alternatively, users can choose the “Cast…” option in the context menu of the page or from the O-Menu (for Windows, Linux) or View (for macOS).”
Opera 50 browser supports Chromecast and currency converter encryption.
In addition to YouTube video casting support, Opera 50 browser also supports the ability to cast videos on tabs and desktop screens. So if you're using Opera as your default web browser and Chromecast, you can update to the latest Opera 50 version for developers to experience video casting capabilities.
Support for currency converter encryption algorithm
One of the other interesting features introduced in Opera 50.0.2753.0 is support for converting units of some popular digital currencies like Bitcoin (BTC), 1.00 BTC, Ethereum (ETH), 1.00 ETH, Bitcoin Cash (BTH), 1.00 BCH, and Litecoin (LTC), 1.00 LTC.
Furthermore, Opera 50.0.2753.0 has also addressed the annoying issue of users' current browser session being deleted in case of any browser crashes, with error message “Whoops, something went wrong…” such as when accessing Netflix on macOS High Sierra 10.13, supporting playback of hitfm.ua and rusradio.ua for Windows users.
If you want to experience the newly added and improved features in the browser, you can download Opera 50 version to your computer and install it here:
Download the latest version of Opera for Linux here: Download Opera for Linux
Download the latest version of Opera for Mac here: Download Opera for Mac
Note: Opera 50 is still in development so encountering errors is unavoidable.
After updating the PDF file saving feature and HiDPI improvement, Opera 50's support for Chromecast and currency converter encryption demonstrates that this browser's developers are striving to attract users away from other browsers to challenge Google Chrome's dominance in the future.