After several months of testing, the Norway-based browser company Opera has finally released its AI-powered browser, Neon, to the public. Access comes at a cost of $19.90 per month.
Opera first unveiled Neon in May of this year and launched an early access program for select users in October. Like other AI-first browsers such as Perplexity’s Comet, OpenAI’s Atlas, and The Browser Company’s Dia, Neon integrates an AI chatbot directly into its interface. This allows users to ask questions about web pages, create mini apps and videos, and delegate tasks.
The browser uses your browsing history as context, enabling functions like retrieving details from a YouTube video watched last week or a post read yesterday. Users can also build “Cards” for repeatable tasks using prompts and access a deep research agent for detailed information on any topic. A new tab organizational feature called Tasks creates contained workspaces for AI chats and tabs, functioning similarly to a combination of Tab Groups and the Spaces feature from Arc Browser.
Beyond the AI capabilities, the subscription provides access to top AI models including Gemini 3 Pro, GPT-5.1, Veo 3.1, and Nano Banana Pro. Subscribers also gain entry to Opera’s Discord community and direct access to its developers.
Krystian Kolondra, EVP of browsers at Opera, stated that Opera Neon is for people who want to be first to use the newest AI technology. He described it as a rapidly evolving project with significant weekly updates, shaped with a Founders community and now offered in early access to a larger audience.
The company noted that its other products, like Opera One, Opera GX, and Opera Air, continue to offer free AI features such as a chat-based assistant.
Meanwhile, established browser companies are adopting a more measured pace for adding AI features. Earlier this week, Google detailed the security measures it is implementing to protect users from vulnerabilities associated with agentic features. Separately, Brave announced it is previewing its agentic features in a nightly build, which includes an isolated browsing profile to keep regular, non-AI usage separate from AI activities.