Aria is an artificial intelligence (AI) from Opera with which you can considerably improve your browsing experience thanks to generative AI technology.
Opera’s AI uses advanced language models such as OpenAI’s Generative Pretrained Transformer (GPT) and Google’s PaLM. In this way, it offers you the possibility of doing your searches, writing content, easily summarizing texts and even receiving very precise answers in real time while you are browsing web pages.
It is a free tool that is integrated into the Opera browser, and has the particularity that it collects the updated information on the web in order to provide you with an extremely agile and efficient experience.
How to use Aria
Aria is available on devices with iOS and Android operating systems. You just have to go to the application store on your mobile, either App Store or Play Store and download the Opera browser.
Likewise, you have the possibility of using the desktop version. To do this, you need to download and install the browser from the official page of the tool https://www.opera.com/.
Once you have installed it, you can start taking advantage of its features.
How to start your first conversation in Aria
In order to start your first conversation with Aria, you need to open the Opera browser, either on your mobile phone or on your computer.
The tool will take you to the main menu and there you must look for the AI logo, which is in the sidebar and click on it.
-Wait a few seconds and you will see the box with the tool that welcomes you and asks you: What are you thinking about now?
-While it is true that it is not mandatory that you log in with your email to use AI, it is recommended that you do so so that you can have all the functions of the tool and thus you will also have the possibility of customizing it to your liking.
Now you can make the query you want by writing your request as detailed as possible (prompt) in the lower strip. After sending it, the system will immediately offer you the response on your screen.
How to make a query with images
If you have images and want to know something in particular about them, you can use Aria and she will help you. To do this you must follow the following steps:
-Open Opera and look for Aria. At the bottom you will see the strip that corresponds to the chat and an icon to attach files, click there.
-Then you will see the images that your device has. Choose the one about which you want to make the query. After several seconds the image will be loaded correctly.
-You must write the request in the text box and send it to the AI so that it offers you the corresponding response and that’s it, you can use it as appropriate.
How to use Aria with shortcuts
While you are browsing in Opera you have the possibility of using shortcuts to interact with the AI without going to the tools window.
Simply press Ctrl+/ on your keyboard on Windows or Cmd+/ on Mac (on some keyboards you can also use the command Ctrl/Cmd+shift+7) and the wizard will appear on the screen to help you with all your requirements.
-When you are on that command line you can use Page Context Mode. This is a feature that will allow you to ask Aria about the content you are currently viewing. For example, if you are reading an article, you can ask it to summarize it or provide you with related links about that topic.
Just invoke the AI with any of the above commands and press the “Tab” key to activate the function. Then you ask the question and it will respond instantly.
If you want to exit this mode, simply press Tab again and that’s it, the wizard will be normal again and you can continue making as many queries as you want. To close the wizard, click the Esc key.
How to create images with Aria
Aria is also an AI for easy image generation. You just have to do the following:
-Open the Opera browser. Find the Aria tool and open it.
-Position yourself in the text strip and write your order in detail. When you are ready, you send and wait several seconds for the assistant to offer you the photograph in question.
-If you liked the result, then right-click and click on Save image as and you can use it for what you wanted.
How to get Aria to read aloud to you
If you prefer that Aria read her answers aloud to you, you should do the following:
-Open Opera and search for Aria. When you are in the main menu, write any query you want.
-When you have the answer, hover your mouse over the answer the AI has given you and you will see an audio icon.
-Press there and immediately the tool will dictate all the text in question.
How to rephrase an answer
If you want to rephrase an answer in Aria you have to do the following:
-Open Aria and make your query. Then you must place the mouse cursor over the part of Aria’s answer that you plan to modify.
-Later you have to highlight the text to reformulate.
-Then you will see a toolbar on the screen and you have to click on the option that says Rephrase.
-What the assistant will do is automatically update the answer it originally offered you and will generate a new version of the text using other words.
How to reuse an answer to get more information
In case you want more details about an answer you have to do the following steps:
-Open Aria and make a query. Then you have to select the part of the answer that you are actually interested in knowing more details about.
-Then you will see a toolbar and click on the option that says Reuse.
-Please note that the text you have selected will automatically be added to the conversation input field.
-Later, you must ask a follow-up question and the text you chose will be included in Aria’s new query.
Of course, you have the possibility of adding up to five selected texts to the input field from different responses within the same chat.
How to highlight the answers in color
If you want to highlight ideas in Aria you have to do the following:
-Open Aria and make the query you want. Then place the mouse cursor over any part of the text in the response that Aria has generated.
-Next you have to highlight the text you want to mark. Later a toolbar will appear with the option to choose a color.
-Choose the color you like the most and the highlighted text will be visible throughout the entire conversation.
-When you want to delete a highlight, you just have to reselect the text and click on the delete icon that you will see in the toolbar and it will be done.
How to use the Compose function
With this tool you have the possibility of creating content with AI. In fact, it allows you to set parameters such as content type, tone and length, and much more. Just follow these steps:
-Open Aria and look at the bottom right for three dots. Click on the Compose option.
-Then you have to define the type of content.
-You make a description or tell the AI instructions about everything you need.
-Then you determine the tone, style and length and select where it says Generate and wait for the assistant to show you the work you have requested and that’s it.