Opera Elevates Browsing with Enhanced AI and the Premium Opera Neon Launch
Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA], a global leader in web browsing and AI-powered solutions, today unveiled upcoming upgrades to its free browser lineup, complementing its premium Opera Neon AI browser designed for advanced users.
With over three decades of experience in developing industry-leading browsers, Opera serves hundreds of millions of monthly active users worldwide. The company has successfully combined strong revenue growth and profitability with continuously expanding AI capabilities, now offered at no cost to users.
Since the introduction of Aria in May 2023, Opera users have enjoyed access to a free AI assistant embedded directly in Opera One, Opera GX, Opera Air, Opera browsers on Android and iOS, and Opera Mini. Aria leverages both OpenAI’s GPT models and Google’s Gemini models to deliver seamless AI assistance within the browser environment.
In the coming weeks, Opera plans to release new versions of its flagship browsers featuring an upgraded free browser AI. These enhancements include faster models, deeper browser integration, increased usage limits, and access to open-source local models, ensuring a more powerful and responsive AI experience for all users.
This week, Opera also began rolling out its premium Opera Neon browser, designed for users seeking advanced agentic AI capabilities. Unlike Aria, Opera Neon allows AI power-users to delegate complex projects directly to the browser. Through the Tasks feature, users can manage multiple projects in parallel, with AI agents working autonomously within each task. Opera Neon can navigate websites, fill out forms, conduct research, and automate repetitive workflows, giving users a hands-free, intelligent browsing experience. The premium browser is now being made available to those who joined the waitlist.
“Every Opera user already has access to integrated AI in their browser, and that AI is about to become even more capable,” said Krystian Kolondra, EVP Browsers at Opera. “For users who need advanced functionalities like agentic browsing and task delegation, Opera Neon offers a premium path. Our decades of browser expertise and proven monetization strategies allow us to sustainably deliver both free AI to hundreds of millions and premium AI experiences to power users.”
Opera’s dual-tier strategy ensures that all users can access AI in the way that best suits their needs: everyday AI integrated into free browsers, and the premium Opera Neon for those seeking advanced AI-powered productivity.
