By Victoria Mossi
Publication Date: 2025-11-21 12:50:00
Perplexity AI, the startup reshaping search with artificial intelligence, has launched its Comet browser on Android, marking a bold incursion into Google’s stronghold. Announced on November 20, 2025, the mobile version brings Comet’s agentic AI capabilities to smartphones, allowing users to query web content, automate tasks, and navigate tabs with voice commands. This move extends a rivalry that’s already roiling desktop browsing, as Perplexity positions Comet as a “personal AI assistant” that goes beyond traditional navigation.
The Android rollout follows months of previews and pre-orders, with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas teasing the app’s arrival on X as early as September 2025. “Comet is coming soon to mobile and is now available for pre-orders on Android Play Store,” Mr. Srinivas posted. Now publicly available on the Google Play Store, Comet promises sub-second search latencies and multi-tab workflows, features optimized for mobile’s on-the-go demands. The Verge reported that users can access the built-in AI assistant and voice mode to interrogate web pages directly.
From Desktop Experiment to Mobile Reality
Comet debuted on desktop in July 2025 as a Chromium-based browser infused with Perplexity’s search engine, emphasizing speed and AI integration. Perplexity’s hybrid client-server architecture powers complex queries, such as pulling data from sites and emailing results. Mr. Srinivas highlighted on X that “Perplexity on Comet…
