Opera Aria
Opera's built-in AI assistant in the sidebar — chat, generate images, and summarise webpages.
Opera Aria is Opera's built-in AI assistant in the sidebar — chat, generate images, and summarise webpages. Built directly into the Opera browser sidebar, requiring no separate installation.
About Opera Aria
Opera Aria is an AI assistant built into the Opera browser sidebar that handles chat, image generation, and webpage summaries.
Its distinguishing trait is that it lives inside the browser: it is built into the sidebar with no separate install, works across Opera's desktop and mobile platforms including Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, and can summarize the page you are on without leaving the tab, alongside chat and image generation.
It fits Opera users who want an assistant on hand while browsing rather than a separate app or tab. It is not for anyone outside Opera — there is no standalone or other-browser version — and heavy users will hit daily query limits on free usage.
As a browser extension-style assistant it is tied to one browser, unlike standalone chat tools you can reach from anywhere.
Sources: opera.com, this listing
What it does well
- Built directly into the Opera browser sidebar, requiring no separate installation.
- Available across Opera's supported desktop and mobile platforms including Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.
- Can summarize open webpages without leaving the current tab.
- Includes image generation capabilities alongside chat functionality.
Where it falls short
- Only usable within the Opera browser, with no standalone or competitor-browser version.
- Free usage is subject to daily query limits that throttle heavy users.
Tagged
- Supports GPT
- Web-based
- Free
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</a>Frequently asked questions
- What is Opera Aria?
- Opera Aria is Opera's built-in AI assistant in the sidebar — chat, generate images, and summarise webpages.
- Is Opera Aria free?
- Opera Aria is free to use. There is no paid tier as of the last index update.
- What platforms does Opera Aria support?
- Opera Aria runs on mac, win, linux, ios, android.
- What category does Opera Aria belong to?
- Opera Aria is in the Browser Extensions category — AI-powered Chrome, Arc, Edge, Firefox, and Safari extensions — overlays, sidebars, content augmentation.
- What are the downsides of Opera Aria?
- Only usable within the Opera browser, with no standalone or competitor-browser version. Free usage is subject to daily query limits that throttle heavy users.