Opera is announcing plans to add new on-device browser AI capabilities to its flagship browser, Opera One, and its gaming browser, Opera GX. In April 2024, Opera became the first browser with support for on-device AI by providing access to local LLMs directly in the application. Opera is now preparing for this feature set to exit the experimental early access stage and become part of its flagship browsers used by millions of people every day.

The support for on device AI will be provided across all Windows, MacOS, and Linux devices, enabling on-device AI access on existing as well as new hardware. The initial experimental release of on-device AI in Opera in April 2024 made the browser the first one to introduce such a feature to its audience as part of the company's AI Feature Drops Program. Since then Opera has added support for more than 2000 local LLM variants from more than 60 families of models to its browser.

This step marked the first time local LLMs could be easily accessed and managed from a major browser through a built-in feature. Opera keeps shipping the newest innovative l AI features as part of its AI Feature Drops program into the developer stream of its browser.