What is nice is that despite music playing in the background, Opera GX still uses less resources than other browsers do. Thankfully, ambient music can be turned off in options, as can the browser’s other sound effects. In truth the music is rather soothing though after about 30 minutes of hearing the same loop over and over again, it gets very annoying. Perhaps that’s a fix worth considering for version 2.0. What irks us is the fact that the music continues playing even when you hit play on other media. We’ve tested this out and you can hear a sample of the ambient music in the video below. This dynamic reaction to your activity blends into the background when you’re in focus-mode, so you often don’t notice it until you miss it,” wrote product manager of Opera, Opera GX and Opera Touch, Maciej Kocemba. Actively browsing, clicking and typing intensifies the music, for example, while slowly scrolling and reading will take the music down a notch. “The dynamic background music is an ambient downtempo that will immerse you further in your gaming-themed browser. What is a bad idea however is the latest feature, ambient music.

Opera GX then isn’t a bad idea if you’re wanting to stream some videos while you game. What we can say is that compared to Chrome, Firefox and the aforementioned Brave, Opera GX uses far fewer resources.

We have tried this out and while Opera GX does use less resources than Brave (our daily driver) it does begin to go over the CPU and RAM limits when it is necessary, such as having 10 tabs open when you’ve limited RAM to 1GB and CPU usage to 8 percent. Here, you can configure the browser to use fewer resources such as CPU usage and RAM usage. Where Opera GX stands out though is in its GX Control suite. Opera GX is billed as a Gaming Browser and features integrations with Twitch, Discord and a few other applications. If this is your first encounter with Opera GX, strap in because this ride gets wild. When you think about what features you want from your internet browser we’re willing to be ambient music is either not on your list or very far down that list.īut Opera GX isn’t exactly a browser that plays by the rules of what you want and instead looks at what it thinks gamers want.

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