Perplexity Comet on iPhone
Perplexity’s Comet arrived on the iPhone as an AI that browses and summarizes the web for you, removing the need for dozens of tabs and shifting mobile research workflows. The March 21 demo is being framed as a new research paradigm for marketers and analysts on the go. (x.com)
Perplexity pushed Comet to Apple’s App Store for iPhone on March 18, 2026 after delaying an originally scheduled March 11 release by roughly one week. (macrumors.com) The App Store listing shows Comet is published by Perplexity AI, Inc., lists a 4.7 average rating from about 1.1K ratings, and an app size of roughly 275.4 MB at launch. (apps.apple.com) Comet for iPhone exposes Perplexity’s “Deep Research” and a voice mode that routes simple queries to hybrid search and pushes complex queries to the Comet Assistant for multi-source, cited answers. (eweek.com) Perplexity notes the iOS build lacks browser extensions and includes cross‑device continuity features that mirror Comet’s desktop behavior while respecting iOS platform limits. (macrumors.com) The iOS app defaults to Google for navigation and local queries, and Perplexity has made Comet free on mobile after debuting a higher‑tier desktop offering that had previously carried a $200/month price tag. (msn.com, makeuseof.com) Perplexity is positioning Comet to execute practical workflows—summarizing long emails, comparing product prices across shopping sites, and auto‑briefing meetings by pulling LinkedIn and web data—capabilities reinforced by its broader “Computer” agent platform that orchestrates roughly 19 models and 400+ integrations for long‑running tasks (the Computer product is gated to Perplexity Max tiers). (neowin.net, perplexity.ai, techcrunch.com)
