- The new Opera Neon update includes a 1-minute deep investigation mode that offers reports at maximum speed
- Users can also switch between AI models like the Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro mid-task.
- The update also allows the “Do” agent to automatically create and edit Google Docs based on your direction.
Opera’s agent browser experiment, Opera Neon, just launched a feature that may redefine the way you search for anything online. The new 1-minute research mode for Opera Deep Research Agent (ODRA) offers users the ability to generate comprehensive mini-reports supported by citations in, as the name suggests, about 60 seconds.
The update marks one of the most tangible attempts yet to streamline online research through AI, providing just enough depth without sending you down a rabbit hole of hyperlinks. And although the feature is currently limited to Opera Neon early access users, the implications could extend far beyond a group of advanced users. If you’ve ever found yourself juggling 10 tabs, a notepad, and a vague sense of academic guilt just to compare new phones, this one’s for you.
ODRA is not a replacement for ChatGPT-style conversation and content creation. Instead, it lives alongside Opera Neon’s existing “Chat,” “Do,” and “Make” agents. It offers a small, efficient, multi-threaded AI investigator that parallelizes the task, divides it, assigns it to virtual teammates, and reassembles a unified response. You ask the question. Recover the writing.
The new one-minute mode offers something in between a casual AI response and full immersion: fast enough to maintain momentum, rigorous enough not to rely on a Chatbot hallucination. Opera describes it as the sweet spot for times when you don’t need a full whitepaper, but you also don’t want to rely on a single Reddit thread to decide if that new washing machine is worth it.
Unlike most AI tools built into browsers, which simply summarize page content or offer lightweight suggestions, ODRA pulls from multiple sources on the open web. He also makes sure to include quotes.
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That’s not all that’s included in this latest update. Opera Neon now includes a new model selector, allowing users to switch between the best AI systems on the fly, including Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro from Google. You can start a session using a template and then change it without losing your chat history or understanding of your task. It’s a small tweak with big usability implications, especially for people who are starting to notice that not all AI models excel at the same things.
And while ODRA might be the big story, Neon’s agent “Do” has also been updated. Now works natively with Google Docs. If you ask Neon to write a report comparing electric cars, you can now not only research the topic but also put it in a properly formatted Google Doc, title and all. From there, you can edit it, share it, or ask Neon to review it, rename the file, or add a new investigation later.
New updates on Opera Neon 🚀• Our new Model Selector now includes: Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro. Simply choose the model that suits your workflow. • Need deeper insights without a deep dive? 1-Minute Research offers more complete and faster answers. pic.twitter.com/vzp8bTdgRcNovember 27, 2025
Opera has positioned Neon as a sandbox for experimental features that might be too advanced or opinionated for its core products. While its flagship browser, Opera One, still caters to a broad audience, Neon is aimed at power users who want the browser to do more than passively open content.
With agents that write, review, image, drill down, and execute tasks on external services, Neon increasingly behaves as an interface for task delegation, not just navigation. Its ability to switch agents or models mid-task makes it feel more fluid than the growing number of single-purpose AI plugins that populate other browsers.
The broader implication is that the future of AI may live not in your chat but in your browser. Opera Neon’s 1-Minute Research Agent is one of the first prototypes of a shift in which AI not only provides feedback on content, but becomes an interface layer between you and the website itself.
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