It has been possible to listen to music from the Opera browser for a long time. If you go down to the sidebar, you’ll see a player icon where you can choose Apple Music, Spotify, and Deezer, and then sign in to any of them using your account information. But now Opera has teamed up with Spotify to make the music streaming service the default option in the company’s flagship browser with generative AI features, Opera One.
After logging in to your account and activating the player, you can detach it from the sidebar and move it around the screen to where it won’t interfere with your workflow. The player will float inside the browser and won’t disappear if you close the tab. It also automatically mutes the audio currently playing when you join meetings and calls. Your songs will remain paused for the duration of the call or meeting and resume as soon as it ends.
Perhaps the best thing about the company’s collaboration if you live in a certain area is that you can get Spotify Premium for free if you don’t already have a subscription. If you’re in Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, or Vietnam, you can activate two to three months of Spotify Premium for free from your browser sidebar.
