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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Opera announces Opera Neon, the first AI agentic browser
OSLO, Norway, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Opera, the Norwegian browser company [NASDAQ: OPRA], is announcing Opera Neon, a new agentic browser that rethinks the role of the browser in the coming generation of the AI agentic web. A result of years of development, Opera Neon is a browser that can understand users' intent and perform tasks for them as well as bring their ideas and needs to life on the web. To achieve this, Opera Neon introduces agentic AI browsing capabilities that go beyond traditional browsing and turn user intent into action. "We're at a point where AI can fundamentally change the way we use the internet and perform all sorts of tasks in the browser. Opera Neon brings this to our users' fingertips," said Henrik Lexow, Senior AI Product Director at Opera. "We see it as a collaborative platform to shape the next chapter of agentic browsing together with our community." Opera Neon's users can chat using the browser's native, fully integrated AI agent that allows them to search the web, get reliable answers and contextual information to the webpage they are on, and access most of the functions they have come to expect from an AI chat in a browser. Opera Neon also comes with an AI agent previously showcased as "Browser Operator." This gives users the opportunity to automate routine web tasks (like filling forms, making hotel bookings, and even shopping), and have the browser do them by understanding and interacting with the content of web pages. Neon performs these tasks locally in the browser – preserving users' privacy and security. Finally, Opera Neon allows the early adopter community to try out something never before seen in a browser – a complete AI engine capable of understanding and interpreting what they want to make, and creating it for them. Neon employs AI agents that work beyond the browser – in a virtual machine hosted in the cloud – and can continue working on the users' creation even when they go offline. Opera Neon users can, for example, ask the browser to make a game, a report, a snippet of code, or even a website – it will research, design, and build whatever users need. Opera Neon can even be asked to make multiple things at the same time – enabling true agentic multitasking right in the browser. Opera Neon is a premium subscription product. Early adopters can join the waitlist starting today. To join the waiting list, click here. About Opera Opera is a user-centric and innovative software company focused on enabling the best possible internet browsing experience across all devices. Hundreds of millions use Opera web browsers for their unique and secure features on mobile phones and desktop computers. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Opera is a public company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol OPRA. Download the Opera web browsers and other Opera products from Learn more about Opera at View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Opera Limited
The Verge
28-05-2025
- Business
- The Verge
Opera's new AI browser promises to write code while you sleep
Opera Neon might be the first 'AI agentic browser,' but it's not ready for you to try just yet. Opera Neon might be the first 'AI agentic browser,' but it's not ready for you to try just yet. May 28, 2025, 8:08 AM UTC The latest web browser coming to Opera's roster embraces AI agents that aim to use the internet for you. The Norwegian tech company describes Opera Neon as an 'agentic browser' that has contextual awareness and performs tasks on the users' behalf, including researching, building, and designing whatever you need. 'We're at a point where AI can fundamentally change the way we use the internet and perform all sorts of tasks in the browser,' Opera senior AI product director Henrik Lexow said in the company's press release. 'Opera Neon brings this to our users' fingertips.' A notable early adopter feature is an AI engine that Opera says is 'capable of understanding and interpreting' what users request, and then making it with the help of cloud-based AI agents. For example, Opera says that Neon can make games, reports, code snippets, and websites, and can work on multiple tasks even when the user has gone offline. Opera hasn't mentioned when this will launch or how much Neon will cost, beyond it being described as a 'premium subscription product,' so there's currently little information available to back up what the browser is supposedly capable of. Otherwise, Neon offers AI tools similar to those found in Microsoft's Copilot and OpenAI's Operator. Opera says that Neon users can use a chatbot interface to search the web, answer queries, and get 'contextual information' from the webpage they have open. Opera Neon also features an AI Agent that Opera previously introduced back in March as 'Browser Operator,' which allows users to automate routine web tasks, such as shopping, filling in online forms, and booking events or accommodation. Opera says the tool interacts with web page content locally on the browser to preserve privacy and security. Details are otherwise slim about Neon, which is the fifth browser in Opera's quiver, after announcing its mindfulness-focused Air browser in February. We will know more about Opera Neon's real-world capabilities when it fully rolls out into beta — when, is anyone's guess as the company won't provide us a firm date. You can sign up for the waitlist here.
