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Arc Browser is now available on both desktop and mobile operating systems. So when a company announces a new product, it means something separate and unrelated from previous offerings. In fact, it is clear from the published video that Dia is not an extension or plugin of Arc, but a standalone browser with its own functions. Its launch is expected to take place in early 2025, Channel 24 reported with reference to The Verge.

Artificial intelligence will not exist as an application. Or buttons. We believe this will be a completely new environment built around the browser.
– writes on the company’s website.

Browser Company CEO Josh Miller showed off early prototypes of some of the browser’s features in a video.

• It integrates with your sites such as mail or online stores and can help you perform a variety of actions, including searching, typing, automating actions, summarizing what you see, analyzing it, adding information to emails from other open tabs, and much more. .
• Users can type commands in the address bar to perform a variety of actions, such as retrieving a document by description, sending it to someone based on your favorite email client you use in the browser, and naturally scheduling an appointment in the calendar. language prompts.
• The tool understands what you are currently viewing and can both suggest several possible next actions (then simply click on the suggestion you want in the form of a button) and fulfill your unique wishes.
• In one of the situations shown to us in the video, the user opens an email containing a list of goods needed for a project. She clicks the big purple cursor-shaped button and selects the ready-made “add item to cart on Amazon” offer. After that the browser actually takes over. He analyzes the letter, opens Amazon on his own, searches, selects the necessary products and adds them to the cart. We do not indicate whether the system completes the purchase entirely on its own or simply creates the cart.
• Another example shows how a browser displays a Notion table filled with details about the participants of a video shoot. Dia can send an e-mail to each member individually.

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Some of these functions are not unique and are present in one form or another in both browsers and various AI assistants. So we won’t know their usefulness or uniqueness until we start using Dia.

Browser Company isn’t the only one thinking about creating an AI assistant that will understand the interface and perform tasks for you. Many startups have beta versions, and developers like Anthropic are looking to add a similar feature directly to larger AI models.

Last month, Josh Miller also talked about new products coming, saying they could create a revenue stream for the company since it doesn’t currently produce anything. This means Dia can be a partially or fully paid product.