Opera 10.6 is now official – in all its completeness and excellency. Yes, Opera has just announced that the latest version of its uniquely popular Opera web browser and made it available for download. The latest software build is claimed to pack in a lot of interesting features and performance upgrades. Let’s see what’s new in the package.

To start with, Opera claims that the Opera 10.6 for windows, mac and Linux PCs is about 50 % faster than its previous release, which makes it the fastest browser on the planet. Plus, Opera’s unique technology which compresses web pages without affecting the quality adds to its already speedy performance.

Secondly, we already knew that support for WebM for Opera was underway ever since it was announced at the Google I/O 2010 conference.  And now, the day has finally come. With WebM video support for Opera, it’ll be a lot better high quality video compression with HTML 5 support.

Other than these, the Opera 10.6 features geolocation support, effectively handles mouse gestures to make navigation between pages easier, and provides search suggestion intuitively to make web browsing faster.

The Appcache features allows you to use in-browser apps such as word processors and spreadsheets even without an internet connection by storing the necessary files locally. The Opera 10.6 software download will also introduce you to its new design with improved Menu button, redesigned icon tabs,  better security and incredibly impressive browsing experience.

About 120 million users are already using Opera, so what are you waiting for? Hit this link to free download Opera 10.6 or click here to know more about Opera 10.6 Software download.

Watch the following video to see Opera 10.6 in action!