Tuesday brought something new from Opera, an AI-focused browser built to do more than display web pages. The browser named Opera Neon aims to handle digital tasks for you, whether it's coding a website, creating a game, helping with shopping, or auto-filling forms that usually slow you down.
Neon isn’t available for immediate download at the moment. It’s sitting behind a waitlist, and when it does launch, users will need to subscribe to access its features. What might that subscription cost? Opera’s keeping that under wraps for now.
Smarter Tasks, Fewer Clicks: What Opera Neon Can Do
One of the most noticeable changes in Neon is its sidebar, which now includes three fresh buttons: Chat, Do, and Make. The Chat function serves as a built-in assistant that helps you browse smarter, letting you ask questions, search content, or pull details from any webpage you’re on.
The Do button taps into Opera’s own Browser Operator AI agent first introduced back in March. This AI assistant works within the browser itself and manages things like form entries or even helps plan and book your next trip without relying on external platforms.
But it’s the Make feature that really stands out. Opera says this tool can build websites, design games, generate code, draft reports, and more, all from simple text prompts.
What powers these capabilities? A cloud-based virtual machine handles the heavy lifting. That means Neon continues executing tasks even if you go offline, and yes, it can juggle multiple jobs at once without interrupting your flow.
Reality Check: Hype vs. Delivery
It all sounds promising, but anyone familiar with AI tools knows the story can shift once its actual use begins. These features often look strong on paper yet fall short in practice when tested by users.
Opera isn’t alone in this race, either. The Browser Company made headlines last December when it teased its AI-driven browser, focused on automating digital tasks. At the same time, Google has been quietly developing AI agents aimed at how search results appear and how tasks might get handled directly through the browser itself.
