Opera Introduces Neon, the First Agentic AI Browser

The web browser Opera announced on Tuesday a new agentic browser called Neon that can perform multiple tasks for users. The new browser is in beta mode, and those who want to test it have to sign up for the waitlist to test the product, but the company has promised to release it soon.

Opera shared a short film to announce the new product, in which a humanoid robot, representing the new tool, explains what Opera Neon is, its main features—Chat, Do, and Make—, and its capabilities in interviews.

“Opera Neon is an agentic browser that can act on your behalf,” explains the robot in the humorous video. “Think less Samantha from Her, and more R2D2.”

Spike Jonze’s movie has been referenced multiple times by AI developers. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, has compared ChatGPT to the AI character Samantha in the film—and even got threatened with legal actions by Scarlett Johansson, the voice of Samantha, for replicating her voice.

The robot says that Opera Neon focuses more on actions and not just explanations. Its multilingual Chat feature can answer complex questions and browse the web, Do can perform tasks, Make can create code and build applications—from a bacteria simulation to Nokia’s 3210 Snake game.

According to Opera’s post answering a user’s question, the new agentic browser differs from other AI models with agentic features for its integration into the web. “Opera’s solution differs from other browser-use agents in that we are not relying on visual representation of the web page, but since Opera is native to the web page, we can work directly on it,” wrote the company on the social media platform X.

“Opera therefore operates faster and more securely by working on top of the user’s current browser context, and doesn’t have to send e.g credentials to any 3rd party to process logins.”

Opera joins the AI agent trend in the tech world. OpenAI launched its AI agent Operator in January, and Microsoft introduced its “Computer Use” feature for Copilot Studio a few weeks ago.