Opera's Agentic AI Browser Neon Launches With Subscription Model

Opera contiguous launched its subscription-based, AI-focused Neon browser, which joins a increasing tract of companies touting agentic browsing capabilities.


Opera archetypal previewed Neon successful May and is present gradually rolling retired invites to waitlist members. Available to aboriginal entree users astatine $19.99 per month, Neon aims to spell beyond accepted browsing by utilizing AI to execute tasks straight wrong the browser. Neon tin unfastened and adjacent tabs, comparison accusation crossed aggregate sources, and adjacent implicit transactions connected a user's behalf.

Central to Neon's plan is the Tasks feature, which creates self-contained workspaces for antithetic projects. Each Task functions similar a mini-browser with its ain context, allowing the AI to enactment crossed aggregate sources without accessing accusation from different parts of the browser. The thought is that you tin enactment connected respective analyzable projects simultaneously – say, readying a travel portion researching a acquisition – without the AI confusing contexts betwixt them.


Neon browser besides introduces Cards, which are reusable punctual instructions that tin beryllium combined to automate communal workflows. Cards are expected to beryllium similar gathering blocks for AI interactions: alternatively of explaining your needs from scratch each time, you tin harvester pre-made Cards similar "pull-details" and "comparison-table" to instantly make merchandise examination prompts. For gathering notes, users mightiness stack "key-decisions," "action-items," and "follow-ups" Cards to seizure what matters successful the close format, says Opera. Users tin make their ain Cards oregon entree community-made options done an in-browser store.


The Neon Do relation is possibly the browser's astir ambitious capability, since it allows the app to navigate websites, capable retired forms, and stitchery information portion operating wrong a user's logged-in browser session. Unlike cloud-based alternatives, Neon Do works locally, truthful it keeps login credentials backstage and lets users intermission oregon instrumentality power astatine immoderate time.

The browser volition vie straight with akin offerings from the likes of Perplexity (Comet Browser) and The Browser Company (Dia Browser). Opera Neon won't regenerate the existing Opera browser, but immoderate of its features volition apt beryllium added to Opera implicit time.
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