By James Peckham
Publication Date: 2025-11-21 10:59:00
Perplexity’s web browser, Comet, is now available to download on Android, bringing its AI tool to mobile for the first time.
Comet, an AI-powered web browser, first launched on desktop in June, exclusively for those who spend $200 a month on a subscription before expanding to all users in October. Now, the browser is coming to mobile where it remains free to use.
It’s first available on Android with an iPhone and iPad version in the works for a future date. Perplexity says it redesigned how Comet works for Android as it didn’t want to “just force a desktop experience onto mobile.”
Many popular browsers, such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, have begun adding in AI features, but this marks the first time a major browser built with AI integration from the ground up will be available on smartphones.
Perplexity is the default search engine within Comet, allowing you to get summaries of the information you’re searching for. As with its popular AI tool, you can ask complex questions and it’ll share its reasoning for its answers as it searches the web.
Comet comes with tools to ask with your voice about what you’ve researched so far, which appears over the top of your browsing results. It will work across multiple tabs, reading all of your recent research to help inform its recommendations and summaries.
There’s also a built-in ad blocker to help avoid pop up distractions, plus you can whitelist the sites you trust to ensure they continue to make…
