Perplexity Launches its Comet Browser on iOS and iPadOS

Perplexity Comet iOS

Perplexity’s Comet AI browser is coming to iOS and iPadOS today, four months after its previous launch on Android. The mobile browser comes with a built-in AI assistant, a native ad blocker, and it also offers some agentic capabilities.

Comet was first launched on the desktop last year, and it was initially exclusive to Perplexity Max subscribers. The AI startup made it free to use in October, and the Android version followed a month later.

Comet uses Perplexity’s answer engine by default, but the browser’s built-in assistant also lets users ask follow-up questions, use their voice to ask information about a web page, summarize reviews on a product page, and more. Comet also learns about users’ browsing habits and makes it easy to pick up where they left off.

In terms of agentic features, Comet’s personal assistant can automate tasks, research the web, organize emails, and more using a virtual cloud browser that will report back with updates along the way. Perplexity has a Prompt library on its website to help users get started with the browser’s agentic AI capabilities.

On mobile, Comet is currently ahead of the pack when it comes to agentic AI, as the new Gemini integration in Chrome for iOS can’t complete multi-step actions on your behalf just yet. The new Copilot Mode in Microsoft Edge, however, is still desktop-only.

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