Opera on Tuesday revealed a new browser, called Opera Neon, that will focus on AI workflows and performing tasks on your behalf, like shopping, filling out forms, and coding.
The browser is currently behind a waitlist, but the company said users will have to subscribe to use it once it releases. Pricing details were not disclosed.
Notably, Opera Neon browser features three new buttons on its sidebar: Chat, Do, and Make. Chat presents a chatbot interface with which you can search the web, get answers to your queries, and ask for more information about web pages you’re browsing.
Do uses the company’s Browser Operator AI agent, which was announced in March. This AI agent is supposedly capable of performing tasks like filling out forms or handling your trip bookings locally in the browser.
The Make option is also notable, as Opera says it can create games, websites, snippets of code, reports, and more with text prompts. The company said the AI workflows that enable this feature are performed through a virtual machine in the cloud, so Neon will work on tasks by itself even if you go offline, and users can run multiple tasks at the same time.
All this sounds great on paper, but such AI apps often don’t perform as well as they’re said to. Plus, Opera is not the only company working on AI agents for browsers: The Browser Company teased an AI-powered browser last December that aims to have agents do stuff for you, and Google is working on projects that will return search results and even perform tasks using AI agents.
