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Perplexity's Comet AI browser is now available for iPhones - Engadget

This follows an Android release at the tail-end of last year. We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Perplexity's Comet AI browser is now available as a standalone app for iPhone users. The tool initially debuted last summer on PCs, but cost $200 a month. The new app is free, as is the recently-released Android version. Comet is an AI-powered browser, which has become a hot product category throughout the past year or so. This is basically a web browser combined with a chatbot that can perform some tasks on a user's behalf. Like related tools, people can ask it to summarize a webpage or conduct additional research for more context about a subject. Download on the App Store: https://t.co/JCfCIO3Fdw pic.twitter.com/DitCKlmg65 — Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) March 18, 2026 Perplexity says that Comet "acts as a personal assistant and thinking partner" to "turn curiosity into momentum." Those are certainly words. The company boasts that folks can use the tool to shop and make schedules. I advise some caution for both of these tasks, given that AI browsers are notorious marks that easily fall for various online scams. One cool thing here is that the app takes full advant

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