Perplexity's Comet AI Browser Is Now Available for iPhones

Why It Matters

By making the Comet AI browser free and available on iOS, Perplexity broadens access to agentic browsing tools, intensifying competition in the emerging AI‑browser market and highlighting the trade‑off between convenience and user data monetization.

Summary

Perplexity has launched its Comet AI browser as a free standalone iOS app, extending the AI‑powered web assistant that debuted on PCs last summer as a $200‑per‑month service. The iPhone version, which leverages Apple’s Liquid Glass UI and can be set as the default browser, offers typical agentic features such as webpage summarization, research assistance, shopping, and scheduling, though it cannot install third‑party extensions. The rollout follows a free Android release and completes the platform coverage for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, while raising privacy concerns because Perplexity plans to use browsing data for targeted advertising.