By Aminu Abdullahi
Publication Date: 2026-03-19 15:53:00
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After making waves on desktop and Android, Perplexity is finally bringing its AI-powered browser, Comet, to the iPhone.
While most mobile browsers are just windows to the web, Comet wants to be the assistant that actually reads the pages for you. Originally slated for a March 11 release, the app officially hit the App Store on Thursday after a brief one-week delay.
What makes Comet different isn’t the page-loading. Apple’s platform rules require every iOS browser to run on WebKit, the same engine powering Safari. So Comet can’t really compete on raw performance or rendering speed. Instead, the product bets everything on what happens after a page loads.
The browser is built around Perplexity’s answer engine, which sits alongside web pages and lets users ask questions about what they’re reading, pull out key details, or request summaries, all without leaving the site. Think of it less as a window into the web and more as a reading companion that actually processes the content for you.
On a small phone screen where tab-juggling gets messy fast, that pitch makes more sense than it might on a desktop.
What it can actually do
Comet for iOS ships with a set of features designed specifically for mobile life:
Voice mode is built directly into the browser. Users can speak their…
