Vivaldi Blog
Vivaldi 7.2: Speedy and smart, a serious update.
March 18, 2025
With Vivaldi 7.2, we’re stepping on the gas! Making sure your browsing experience is better than ever, and faster! Whether you’re a power user with custom keyboard shortcuts or more spartan in your style, this update has something for you. Let’s get into it!
#7 Jan Penfrat (EDRi) – For a Better Web
March 12, 2025
Can anything make Big Tech serve us, instead of the other way around? Bruce and Jan Penfrat from European Digital Rights discuss decentralized tech and the future of digital freedom.
Private browsing, and sharing your browser
February 11, 2025
Keep your online activity confidential by selecting the most suitable browsing mode for each occasion in the Vivaldi browser.
#6 Stephanie Stimac (Igalia) – For a Better Web
February 3, 2025
Ever wondered how the features in your favorite browser come to life? In this episode, Bruce Lawson from Vivaldi Browser chats with Stephanie Stimac from Igalia, the open-source consultancy that’s quietly shaping the web.
Vivaldi 7.1 for iOS: Smarter, Faster, and More Personal Browsing
January 30, 2025
Vivaldi 7.1 for iOS is here! Now you can translate entire web pages or selected text with Vivaldi Translate, and customize your Start Page with a smarter Speed Dial interface. 7.1 also includes Paste and Go, custom zoom levels, and more.
Vivaldi 7.1 for Android: Your Browsing, Smarter and Simpler
January 30, 2025
Vivaldi 7.1 for Android is here, with Reader View for clutter-free reading, a new more intuitive Speed Dial dialog and the ability to search tabs effortlessly. Customize your Start Page, save favorite sites with ease, and enjoy browsing with privacy-first search engine options.
Ten years of making new friends by building a browser for you, not Big Tech
January 27, 2025
Monday January 27th marks the ten year anniversary of our first ever public technical preview. We set out to make a powerful browser for our friends. A decade later, we’ve grown from a desktop-only browser into a global, multi-platform tool, with millions of friends. Here’s to the journey so far, and to the next chapter of building a better web together.
Vivaldi 7.1: Widgets, Tabs, and sleek start to 2025
January 23, 2025
This release is all about making Vivaldi even better at adapting to you. From widgets that keep you informed to tools that simplify your workflow, Vivaldi 7.1 gives you more control, more customization, and more reasons to enjoy your browser.
#5 – Jon von Tetzchner – For a Better Web 2024 review
December 28, 2024
Join Bruce Lawson and Vivaldi Browser CEO Jón von Tetzchner as they review the top tech stories of 2024! In this episode, they discuss the landmark Google monopoly ruling, the shifting dynamics of the browser market, and their thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro. They also explore the future of Chromium, rate each topic as […]
The great tracker blocker conundrum
December 5, 2024
In the spirit of keeping Vivaldi free for all our users, we are trying out some changes to the way our tracker blocker works. These changes relate to ways in which our tracker blocker was affecting our partnership with search engines in unexpected ways.
The great tracker blocker conundrum – Technical
December 5, 2024
In the spirit of keeping Vivaldi free for all our users, we are trying out some changes to the way our tracker blocker works. These changes relate to ways in which our tracker blocker was affecting our partnership with search engines in unexpected ways.