https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-6-1/
The latest version of Vivaldi on desktop masquerades as competitors to benefit its users, adds more functionality to Workspaces and Tabs.
..Vivaldi began masquerading as Google Chrome for better site compatibility.
Vivaldi would like to proudly announce itself as Vivaldi, but the current state of the web makes this difficult.
Fast forward to 2023: The new Client Hints standard is intended to replace the legacy User-Agent. Vivaldi is now getting reports that websites block Vivaldi based on its Client Hints. History is repeating itself.
It’s not only websites that discriminate based on your name. Vivaldi now masquerades as Google Chrome for graphic card drivers, which unlocks graphic card driver optimizations made specifically for Chrome.
By pretending to be Chrome, the GPU user uses less memory and resources. It improves battery life, reduces crashes, and improves system stability.
There are people who would like to try Bing Chat but have been unable to do so as they would need to use Microsoft Edge for that. Now, we have taken additional steps to ensure that you get to use Bing Chat.
Vivaldi masquerades as Microsoft Edge when visiting Bing. This means that you can access Bing Chat using Vivaldi…
