Opera Introduces Invisible Assistant That Navigates the Web for You

At the Browser Day event in Lisbon, Opera gave the first public look at its AI agent that can autonomously interact with websites. Its name is Aria — and it doesn’t just respond to your prompts. It clicks, scrolls, and fills out forms right inside the browser.

During the live demo, Aria was tasked with ordering flowers for delivery to a hotel. The assistant found the right site, chose a bouquet, filled in delivery details, and almost completed the checkout. The only issue? It stopped at the payment stage due to a language barrier on the page.

All actions are processed locally — no data is sent to the cloud. Developers emphasize that “everything runs directly on the user’s machine.”

Aria can see page content and make its own decisions. According to Opera, the agent’s actions may vary depending on the device — each session is unique. To mark the moment, the organizers even handed out popcorn before the demo began.

The feature is still in testing and not yet available — even for beta users. There’s no set release date. Opera aims to rival ChatGPT’s web agent and Microsoft’s Copilot Vision in this space.

Attendees were impressed, highlighting the assistant’s autonomy and potential — even if it currently operates slower than a human.