If there’s one thing we can’t deny the Opera web browser it is his spirit of innovation. Since its inception, i.e. in 1995, those responsible for it have always wanted to differentiate themselves from the competition by adding features to their browser that had not yet been seen on the market. From tabs to shortcuts on the home page, an included ad blocker or a screenshot function, the list of innovations that other browsers subsequently added is huge.

Of course, they are not always the first, but in the event that this happens, they react extremely quickly. Recall, for example, that while Microsoft announced Edge with Copilot on February 7, Opera announced the inclusion of ChatGPT in its sidebar, as well as other artificial intelligence features, on February 12. just five days later. It’s true that it took them a few weeks to implement, but it doesn’t seem like an excessive amount of time to me, especially considering that we’re talking about a medium-sized company, not a multinational.

Lately, at the end of April, the company announced Opera One, the future of its browser, with a complete redesign that has both aesthetic improvements and a new interior architecture that allows for a more modular design of components and functions, which will lead to the fact that we will be able to see the introduction of new features more often in the future. Since its announcement itself, its first beta version has already been available for download, although the company has announced that it will start replacing the current browser at the end of the year.

However, it seems they have decided to step on the gas because according to what we can read on their blog, Opera One has already begun to replace the traditional Opera. This change goes hand in hand with browser version 100, so from now on, when users download Opera or update their current installation, they should directly access this redesign, which aims to mark the future of this application.

At the epicenter of the news is Aria, a model of artificial intelligence It is natively integrated into the browser. What does it mean? Co-developed by OpenAI and Opera, the features associated with this generative model are integrated into the natural flow of browser usage, so we can expect better and faster responsiveness than browser plugins provide. have seen so far. The company is aware of many users’ mistrust of artificial intelligence and stresses that the use of these features is completely optional.

Another very interesting news is islands of taboos, a new system for organizing them, which automatically organizes them into blocks, thus making it easier for us to find at a glance those that are directly related to the page we are currently viewing. This is part of the Opera One aspect that the company is focusing on, intelligent management of interface elementsand according to what they say, it will dynamically adapt to the user’s habits and needs, providing a much more personalized experience.