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Google Gemini AI Now Built Into Opera One and Opera GX Browsers

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Opera has announced an expansion of its partnership with Google to integrate the latest Gemini AI models across much of its browser lineup.

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The expansion means the Gemini-powered side panel previously exclusive to Opera Neon is now freely available in the company's free-to-download Opera One and Opera GX browsers.

By interacting with the side panel's AI chatbot, users can get contextually relevant answers based on the current webpage and group of webpages, as well as videos. Opera says responses can include easy research, content summaries, and comparisons between different tabs.

In addition, Opera AI supports voice input and output, along with file analysis for multiple file types, including images and video.

The company says the engine has been rebuilt for speed, with 20% faster responses thanks to the use of a new architecture that adopts an agentic-approach from Opera Neon.

Opera also emphasizes that its privacy features ensure the user has full control over what context is shared with Opera AI and what is kept outside its awareness.
"AI is reshaping how people interact with the web, and the browser is the natural entry point for those experiences,” said Opera's EVP Commercial, Per Wetterdal. "Through our partnership with Google, we are able to offer users the experiences they really want through native search and AI features, for free, directly in their Opera One and Opera GX browsers while our most advanced users of the agentic Opera Neon browser are already getting access to Gemini 3 Pro."
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Many users have been critical of AI's creep into browsers, but Opera argues that browsing is the next AI frontier. "Unlike a standalone chat interface, the browser has access to real-time context such as a user's open tabs, page content, and browsing flows," says the company's press release. "This enables more relevant and efficient assistance, supporting task completion directly within the browsing experience."

You can decide for yourself by visiting Opera's website, which includes download links for Opera Browser, Opera Air, Opera GX, and Opera Mini.

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wanha said:
AI, AI EVEYWHERE
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Yep, gota scrape up that information.

What doesn't make sense is that the NSA already has all of this information, the public has already paid to scrape up this information, so why does each company feel the need to duplicate what the government has already done for free.

We need to demand public access to the information the public has already paid to be gathered.
 
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The fact of the matter is this. And we can discuss if AI in everything is a good or bad thing later…(it’s not)

But everyone and their uncle is now building major AI engines into apps that run on Apple’s platform AROUND Apple’s failures in AI.

Basically Apple is no longer in full control of where things are headed and they can no longer forcibly decide what the user can and can’t to or want to do.

And sure, it failed with iPhone 15….thats embarrassing. But it not being "more ready" (whatever that means) for iPhone 16 is perhaps slight dangerous and extremely embarrassing for Apple.

Sure, perhaps eventually Apple will be proven right and we don’t want AI out the wazoo. BUT THATS by being lucky, not by being in charge.
 
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do people still use opera? yes especially if you have an older device (say a mid 2010 MacBook Pro) that you use for light browsing as a second computer - it displays web pages
 
Dan From Canada said:
Maybe I am too old but does anyone really care about AI?
I don't.
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I'm sure its useful to some people, but to me and everyone I know we mostly use it to make fun of eachother with images (its the new trend. Gif's are out and AI face swap gifs are in) :D
 
Dan From Canada said:
Maybe I am too old but does anyone really care about AI?
I don't.
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Not in the slightest. I have used it, but can't find where it fits in my personal life.

At work, we have zero-tolerance ban on using AI, of any flavor, for data security reasons..so no use at my job, either. Wife is an attorney and won't so much as look at AI, because of how badly it has been ruining cases. The kids (teens) don't care anything about it.
 
Dan From Canada said:
Maybe I am too old but does anyone really care about AI?
I don't.
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As an integrated feature in existing apps? I don’t think so….its currently more a "hassle" or annoyance. I prefer they stay out until they can show some useful features at least. I also don’t really want it to do stuff in its own without me being aware of it.

As a standalone app, sure, use it lots. But I want to be able to GO TO IT and not have it go to me honestly.
 
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Dan From Canada said:
Maybe I am too old but does anyone really care about AI?
I don't.
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If you have a need to gather together many inputs, review them, and devise a strategy from your review, try NotebookLM. It will not write a better paper than you, nor create a better slide deck, but if you use it properly your paper, your slide deck will very likely be better than what you would have done without NotebookLM. AI is being pushed as the end-all, be-all solution. Gives it a bad rap. But as a tool to help you be more productive, in the right circumstances it is frankly (and this is my opinion) pretty amazing noteably NotebookLM.
 
SebCohen said:
The fact of the matter is this. And we can discuss if AI in everything is a good or bad thing later…(it’s not)

But everyone and their uncle is now building major AI engines into apps that run on Apple’s platform AROUND Apple’s failures in AI.

Basically Apple is no longer in full control of where things are headed and they can no longer forcibly decide what the user can and can’t to or want to do.

And sure, it failed with iPhone 15….thats embarrassing. But it not being "more ready" (whatever that means) for iPhone 16 is perhaps slight dangerous and extremely embarrassing for Apple.

Sure, perhaps eventually Apple will be proven right and we don’t want AI out the wazoo. BUT THATS by being lucky, not by being in charge.
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The AI bubble is going to pop just like every bandwagon we have seen in the past. The ones that will stick around will be the ones that have best product. At this stage we have no idea who that will be. As for Apple they always have a better out come by taking their time and not jumping on the wagon, which at first they were trying to do...
 
I use Opera as my main browser, with cookies turned off. Whenever it doesn't work, I click on the "Open in" extension and it loads the page in Safari, with cookies on.

Thought that the whole point of Opera was to be free of Google. And now we get Gemini in Opera. Oh well, just never update and we'll be fine.
 
Hank001 said:
I use Opera as my main browser, with cookies turned off. Whenever it doesn't work, I click on the "Open in" extension and it loads the page in Safari, with cookies on.

Thought that the whole point of Opera was to be free of Google. And now we get Gemini in Opera. Oh well, just never update and we'll be fine.
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Remember Opera is owned by a CHINESE company, so it's security and data collection is suspect.
 
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When people say they don't want AI then I think what they really mean is that they: Don't. Want. A.I.
 
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