Find it hilarious that the article itself didn't utilise this, what a missed opportunity!
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Can you get it for Android? Looks useful
The problem is, there seems to be no actual evidence that it is improving reading speed and comprehension across the board.
Here the (most popular) extension for Firefox: Bionic Reader by Rain Jr.
Same for Chrome-based browsers: Bionic Reading by bionic-reading.com
This has never been proven to work. There is no scientific evidence to back up the claims. The inventor of Bionic Reading seems to have no background in Neuroscience whatsoever. There are articles trying to debunk the Bionic Reading claims, but those are not backed up by scientific peer-reviewed studies either.
https://blog.readwise.io/bionic-reading-results/
https://labtoclass.com/bionic-reading-science-or-scam/#Is_Bionic_Reading_Backed_by_Research