By Rajat Saini
Publication Date: 2026-05-22 04:57:00
Perplexity has released a major update for its Comet AI browser on iPhone and iPad, bringing several quality-of-life improvements that make the app feel more polished during everyday browsing and AI-assisted searches. The latest Perplexity Comet iOS update focuses on smoother navigation, better multitasking, and fewer annoying bugs that affected the experience in earlier versions.
Comet combines a traditional browser with AI chatbot features, letting users browse the web while using AI tools with live page context. After launching on Mac last year and arriving on iPhone and iPad earlier this year, the app now receives one of its biggest updates so far.
Perplexity shared the following list of changes in the new update:
“Phone number actions – Call, FaceTime, Message, or save to Contacts from any page in one tap.
Polished iPad sidebar – calmer slide animation, tidier layout, sized to fit your window.
Finance Deep Dive in a tab – long-form analysis opens as a real browser tab.
Search results remember their place – switch away and come back without losing context.”
The update also improves image handling and interface behavior across the app.
“Drag images into the assistant – drop a picture from any tab and it lands as an image.
Omni-box adapts to the page – no more flicker when switching between light and dark sites.
Recently Closed stays cleared – Clear All actually sticks across restarts.
Deleted threads stay deleted – opening an…
