diff --git a/src/Autoload.php b/src/Autoload.php
index eddb8204..9e6c9fee 100644
--- a/src/Autoload.php
+++ b/src/Autoload.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 namespace Pest\Browser;
 
 use Pest\Browser\Playwright\Client;
+use Pest\Browser\Playwright\Page;
+use Pest\Browser\Playwright\Playwright;
 use Pest\Browser\Playwright\Server;
 use Pest\Plugin;
 use Pest\Plugins\Parallel;
@@ -24,6 +26,23 @@ function visit(string $url): PendingTest
     }
 }
 
+if (! function_exists('\Pest\Browser\page')) {
+    /**
+     * Visits the given URL, and starts a new browser test.
+     */
+    function page(string $url = '/'): Page
+    {
+        Server::instance()->start();
+        Client::instance()->connectTo(Server::instance()->url('?browser=chromium'));
+
+        $browser = Playwright::chromium()->launch();
+        $page = $browser->newPage();
+        $page->goto($url);
+
+        return $page;
+    }
+}
+
 register_shutdown_function(function (): void {
     if (Parallel::isEnabled() || ! Parallel::isWorker()) {
         Server::instance()->stop();
diff --git a/src/Browser.php b/src/Browser.php
index 79a915cf..2d63e752 100644
--- a/src/Browser.php
+++ b/src/Browser.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 namespace Pest\Browser;
 
+use Pest\Browser\Playwright\Page;
+
 /**
  * @internal
  */
@@ -16,4 +18,12 @@ public function visit(string $url): PendingTest
     {
         return visit($url);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * gets the page instance for given URL.
+     */
+    public function page(string $url): Page
+    {
+        return page($url);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Browser/Operations/AssertCheckedTest.php b/tests/Browser/Operations/AssertCheckedTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c8560aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Browser/Operations/AssertCheckedTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\ExpectationFailedException;
+
+describe('assertChecked', function () {
+    it('passes when checkbox is checked', function () {
+        $page = $this->page(playgroundUrl('/test/form-inputs'));
+
+        expect($page->querySelector('input[name="checked-checkbox"]'))->toBeChecked();
+    });
+
+    it('fails when checkbox is not checked', function () {
+        $page = $this->page(playgroundUrl('/test/form-inputs'));
+
+        expect($page->querySelector('input[name="unchecked-checkbox"]'))->toBeChecked();
+    })->throws(ExpectationFailedException::class);
+});
diff --git a/tests/Pest.php b/tests/Pest.php
index 73a8273f..91c5ee10 100644
--- a/tests/Pest.php
+++ b/tests/Pest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
+use Pest\Browser\Playwright\Element;
+use Pest\Expectation;
 use Pest\TestSuite;
 
 pest()
@@ -27,3 +29,12 @@ function playgroundUrl(string $path = '/'): string
 {
     return 'http://localhost:9357/'.mb_ltrim($path, '/');
 }
+
+// todo: move this to Pest core
+expect()->extend('toBeChecked', function (): Expectation {
+
+    expect($this->value)->toBeInstanceOf(Element::class)
+        ->and($this->value->isChecked())->toBeTrue();
+
+    return $this;
+});