BARCELONA, Spain, March 3,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Norwegian browser company
Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA] is today announcing the Browser Operator, a
native AI agent that is able to perform browsing tasks for users,
allowing them to focus on more exciting parts of their lives
instead. The introduction of agentic browsing marks a major
paradigm shift for browsers, and with today's preview, Opera is
taking the lead on it.
"For more than 30 years, the browser gave you access to the web,
but it has never been able to get stuff done for you. Now it can.
This is different from anything we've seen or shipped so far,"
said Krystian Kolondra, EVP "The
Browser Operator we're presenting today marks the first step
towards shifting the role of the browser from a display engine to
an application that is agentic and performs tasks for its
users."
User's natural language transformed into browsing
tasks
The Browser Operator, currently being demoed as a feature
preview, is designed to give users superpowers when browsing -
through AI agentics, while safeguarding their privacy. The concept
is simple: Browser Operator allows the browser users to explain
what they need it to do in natural language, and the browser sets
out to perform tasks for them. They can, for example, ask it to buy
them a pack of 10 pairs of white tennis socks from Nike in a size
12. The Browser Operator will then perform this task, freeing the
user's time that would have been otherwise spent on this menial
task. This aligns with the broader role of the browser, which is
there to make users more powerful while online and to give them
tools to use their time more efficiently.
The browser that works the web for you
While working on completing a task, Browser Operator lets users
see what's going on at any point in the process as well as what
steps it took to complete it. During this process, the user remains
in full control and can take over or cancel the task at any given
moment. The best part is that Browser Operator works in the same
environment as the user: the browser. It doesn't require a virtual
machine or a server in the cloud.
Faster and private agentic browsing with user in
control
Opera's AI agent differs from the approaches to agentic browsing
that are currently being tested by other companies. Opera's
solution utilizes native, client-side solutions. It protects user
privacy by not relying on screenshots or video capture of the
browsing session, nor on a version of the browser running in the
cloud or a virtual machine. Instead, the Browser Operator is
interacting deep in the core of the browser, keeping user
data locally on the device.
Availability
Operas Browser Operator is currently available as a preview of
the upcoming functionality. Opera expects to launch the new Browser
Operator as part of its AI feature drop program in the near
future.
Opera's path toward agentic browsing
Opera has a track record of pioneering functionalities that then
become the new standard in the browsing world: it invented tabs
with Opera 4, it was also the first to introduce search in the
address bar, as well as the first one to offer a built-in VPN and
messengers in the sidebar and the first one to offer native browser
AI. In 2023, Opera redesigned its flagship browser to make it AI
centric. Since March 2024, the
company has been pursuing its AI Feature Drops program, which tests
experimental AI features such as local LLMs, Image Generation, and
AI Tab Commands in the developer stream of the browser and ships
them to users on a regular basis. Today, it's redefining the role
of the browser yet again, by becoming the first browser to perform
tasks for its users, thus becoming agentic. Browser Operator is
being previewed during MWC in Barcelona today.
About Opera
Opera is a user-centric and innovative software company focused
on enabling the best possible internet browsing experience across
all devices. Hundreds of millions use Opera web browsers for their
unique and secure features on mobile phones and desktop computers.
Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, Opera is a public company listed
on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol OPRA. Download
the Opera web browsers and other Opera products from opera.com.
Learn more about Opera at investor.opera.com.
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