Browsermaker Opera launched its AI-centric browser Neon on Tuesday. You can create apps via AI prompts and repeatable prompts via a feature called cards. The opera has joined many companies such as Perplexity and browser companies looking to enable Agent Browser.
The company first announced in May that it was working with neon, but the browser had closed the preview. This will start sending invitations to Select people who can use their browsers at a rate of $19.99 per month.
“We have built opera neons for ourselves, and for all who use AI extensively on a daily basis. Today, we welcome the first users to help shape the future of agent browsing.”
There are several important parts of the browser. First, there is a simple old chatbot that you can have conversations to get answers to your questions. The more agent function of the browser is called Neon DO. This helps you perform the task. For example, you can summarise your Substack blog and post an overview to your Slack channel. Because your browser has a context for your browsing history, you can also ask them to retrieve details from YouTube videos they watched last week or posts they read yesterday.
New browsers in Opera can also create snippets of code. This helps you create visual reports on tables and charts. It is not clear at the moment whether these mini apps can be shared with others.
DIA, a browser company, has a function called skill. This allows you to repeatedly invoke prompts like commands and apps. Neon allows you to use cards to build similar repeating prompts. Think of this as the IFTTT (if this is it). You can combine cards such as “Puldetail” and “Comparison Table” to create new prompts for comparing products between tabs. Just like with DIA, you can create your own cards or use cards created by the community.
Opera Neon also offers a new tab organization feature called Tasks, which includes AI chat and tab workspaces. This feature is similar to tab groups combined with the workspace feature of ARC browsers with AI context.
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In the demo, the opera shows neon completing tasks such as ordering groceries for you. We have seen before that demos do not frequently reflect real scenarios, especially in AI products. This means that neon has to prove its claim in real life.
With this launch, the opera has been in direct competition with Perplexity’s comets and DIA. Large companies such as Google and Microsoft have also added features that have AI-powered browsers. Unlike its competitors, Opera places neon as a product for power users with monthly subscriptions.
