Opera's flagship browser today passes the baton to the
brand-new Opera One on Windows, Mac and Linux. Opera One introduces
the first truly native browser AI, Aria, and boasts a new Modular
Design, a redesigned browser architecture, and innovative new
features like Tab Islands.
OSLO,
Norway, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Opera One,
the latest incarnation of the Opera browser, is out of testing and
ready for download. What would have been the 100th version of Opera
now marks the beginning of a new evolution cycle for the Norwegian
browser company's flagship product.
Redesigned from the ground up to usher in a new era of AI-based
browsing, Opera One is the first browser to come with an integrated
browser AI, Aria. Aria can be reached via a new command line, as
well as from the browser sidebar. It offers free access to a
leading GPT-based solution along with up-to-date information from
the web.
Since earlier this year, Opera has been making bold moves in the
generative AI space in order to provide its users with a reimagined
browsing experience that boosts their productivity and creativity
through various ways of interacting with browser AI.
"As people who obsess over browser innovation, we saw fit to
rethink the role of the browser in light of the recent developments
in the AI space. As opposed to other browser companies, Opera
didn't simply add AI services to its browser. We went back to the
drawing board and redesigned our flagship browser. Opera One is
built around Aria, our native browser AI, and is the culmination of
our work so far," said Joanna
Czajka, product director at Opera.
The first Opera browser with native browser AI
Aria, Opera's new browser AI, is a key component of Opera One
and the first Opera feature that named itself. With Aria, Opera One
users are getting access to a leading generative AI service for
free. The service is a result of Opera's collaboration with OpenAI,
but with expanded capabilities.
Based on Opera's own Composer AI engine, Aria connects to
OpenAI's GPT and is enhanced by additional capabilities such as
adding live results from the web. Aria is both a web and browser
expert that allows users to collaborate with AI while looking for
information on the web, generating text or code, or getting their
product queries answered. When it comes to customer support, Aria
is knowledgeable about Opera's entire database of support
documentation and uses the company's current product knowledge to
answer users' questions.
Opera One users are also getting a brand new command line that
allows them to use the ctrl+/ (Win) or the cmd+/ keyboard shortcut
to display an overlay and interact with Aria. Whenever a question
comes to mind, they can use the command line to ask Aria a question
and either interact with the browser AI's response immediately in
the sidebar or go back to browsing.
Aria also makes use of the AI Prompts feature Opera introduced
earlier this year in early access. Following user feedback and
extensive testing, the ability to get contextual prompts by
right-clicking or highlighting text in the browser is now plugged
into Aria as well.
Acknowledging the popularity of ChatGPT, Opera One also offers
users access to the popular service in the browser sidebar.
As opposed to other browser solutions, the AI in Opera is a
user-controlled experience, which means users can choose to opt
into AI services or to not engage with them. To use Aria, they have
to open the browser AI in the sidebar and log in or sign up for a
free Opera account if they don't already have one.
Tab Islands: a new, intuitive way of interacting with tabs
A key element of Opera One is Tab Islands, and the way they
change how the browser's tabs behave. Tabs are a fundamental part
of browsing but the standard way of interacting with them hasn't
evolved much since the early days of the web and no longer
corresponds to the richness of the internet and the countless ways
we utilize it. For example, researchers have found that the
existing tab design in browsers makes it difficult to jump between
sets of tasks. Moreover, according to Opera's own research, the
majority of people feel overwhelmed by how messy their tabs get and
wish web browsers would do more to help them manage this.
Opera One's Tab Islands address this challenge. Tab Islands are
a new way of keeping related tabs together in an intuitive way,
based on context – without forcing users to change their habits or
to even give it a thought. Users gain flexibility in interacting
with their tabs: they can keep different browsing contexts
separate, move tabs around, collapse islands to make them small and
come back to them later or save them into bookmarks or
pinboards.
When a user creates a trip itinerary and researches hotels and
routes, the tabs opened in that context will stay together in a
dedicated tab island. Or maybe they have a bunch of Google Docs
they use for work? They, too, will automatically get a tab island
of their own. As they browse and more tab islands are created,
Opera One users can easily distinguish the topics they were
focusing on and switch between them.
Opera One's new Modular Design and new architecture with
Multithreaded Compositor for smoother navigation than ever
Opera has a history of reinventing itself to address the
changing needs of its users as well as the evolving nature of the
web. With Opera One, the browser has been redesigned according to
Modular Design. The new design philosophy, which is being
implemented in Opera's flagship today for the first time, allows
Opera to over time build a more powerful and feature-rich browser
that is ready for a generative AI-based future. The Opera browser
is thus beginning its metamorphosis into a browser that will
dynamically adapt to users' needs by bringing only the key features
to the foreground: the relevant modules within Opera One will
adjust automatically based on context, providing the user with a
more liquid and effortless browsing experience.
Beyond rethinking the look of its interface, Opera also
re-engineered its desktop browser under the hood, implementing a
new browser architecture with a multithreaded compositor to deliver
a faster and smoother user interface layer. With the Multithreaded
Compositor, Opera One is the first major Chromium-based browser
that brings its UI to life like never before. Combined with the new
Modular Design Principles, this new architecture enables the
implementation of new features and allows Opera to continue its
differentiation from other Chromium-based browsers.
Opera One is the beginning of a new evolution cycle for the
flagship Opera browser with many more AI-centric updates that will
vastly enhance the users web experience planned for later this
year.
Download Opera One now
Generative AI is here to stay and Opera One offers an intuitive
entry point into the space, allowing users to immediately start
enhancing their lives by tapping into its potential in a controlled
way.
Hugely popular in the developer version, Opera One is now ready
for download. Don't miss out on the only way to get a ChatGPT
3.5-level service expanded with live results from the web for
free.
Opera One is available for free on Windows, macOS, and Linux. To
download it go to https://opr.as/opera-one
About Opera
Opera is a web innovator building on more than 25 years of
innovation that started with the Opera web browser. While Opera is
leveraging its brand and engaged user base in order to grow and
develop new products and services for people who seek a better
internet experience, Opera's PC and mobile web browsers, content
discovery platform Opera News, and apps dedicated to gaming, Web3
and e-commerce are already the trusted choices of hundreds of
millions of active and engaged users. Opera is headquartered in
Oslo, Norway, and listed on the
NASDAQ Stock Exchange under the OPRA ticker symbol. Download and
access Opera's products and services from www.opera.com.
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