Opera announces major browser update with built-in AI agents

Opera's Agentic AI Browser Will Do Your Shopping for You
It's not just search engines and chatbots getting AI makeovers these days. Web browsers want in on the revolution. Opera, the company behind the web browser, unveiled a new update, Browser Operator, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday that automates tasks for users.
Opera announces major browser update with built-in AI agents at MWC 2025
To kick off MWC 2025, the Norwegian browser Opera announced its Browser Operator AI agents. Here's what you need to know about it.
Opera Adds Agentic AI to Its Browser
Agentic AI — getting AI to perform tasks rather than just create content from prompts — is coming to the Opera browser. Browser Operator understands written instructions in natural language using the browser client’s local resources.
Opera unveils an AI agent that runs natively within the browser
Browser company Opera has unveiled a new AI agent called Browser Operator that can complete tasks for you on different websites. In a demo video, the
Move over, OpenAI — Opera's AI Browser Operator takes agentic AI to the next level
Browser Operator forms a part of the Aria AI overlay you’re probably already familiar with in Opera One R2 and Opera Air. Just flip over to the Operator, enter your prompt and watch it get to work.
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