Opera on other devices

Game consoles, televisions, set-top boxes, internet tablets, cars: because Presto was small and portable, Opera ended up in places no other browser went.

Nintendo DS Browser

2006

Opera on a game console: a cartridge with a memory expansion pack, using both screens of the Nintendo DS to browse the Web.

The Nintendo DS Browser came on a game cartridge with a memory expansion pack for the Game Boy Advance slot, in versions for both the original DS and the DS Lite. It used the two screens together: an overview of the page on one, the zoomed area on the other, and the stylus to click and type on a virtual keyboard.

It went on sale in Japan on July 24, 2006, in Europe on October 6, 2006, and in North America in June 2007. The Nintendo DSi later had its own browser, also built by Opera, available for free from the DSi Shop.

Two screens: overview and zoom
Stylus input and handwriting
Cartridge with a memory expansion pack

Internet Channel for Wii

2006 – 2013

The Wii's web browser was Opera. Point the Wii Remote, zoom with the buttons, and browse from the sofa.

The Wii's web browser was Opera. The Internet Channel was released at the end of 2006, free for a short time and then for a small price in Wii Points, before becoming free again. You pointed the Wii Remote at the screen to click, zoomed with the + and - buttons, and scrolled by holding the B trigger.

It supported Flash video, which made it a popular way to watch YouTube on the TV years before smart TVs, and many families used it as their first web browser in the living room.

Point, click and zoom with the Wii Remote
Flash support for online video
A favorites list displayed as large thumbnails

Opera for TV & set-top boxes

2008 – 2013

Opera Devices SDK powered TVs, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes from many manufacturers, later with the Opera TV Store for TV apps.

With the Opera Devices SDK, manufacturers of TVs, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes could put a full browser in their products, together with support for the HbbTV and CE-HTML standards used by broadcasters. Sony, Philips, Loewe and many others shipped Opera-based devices.

In 2011 Opera launched a store of TV applications built with web technologies, which manufacturers could integrate in their own menus. The Opera TV Emulator let developers test their TV apps on an ordinary computer.