Perplexity’s Comet AI browser for iOS upgraded with 8 major improvements

Two months ago, Perplexity brought its Comet AI browser from the Mac to the iPhone and iPad for the first time. Now Perplexity has launched a big update to Comet for iOS that it says includes eight major improvements.

Comet iOS update brings phone number actions, polished iPad sidebar, Finance Deep Dive, and more

Perplexity’s Comet app lets you browse the internet and work with AI chatbots while using the web as context.

Comet first arrived on the Mac last July before making the jump to iOS in March. Perplexity later gave the iPad version a little more love with better multitasking support in April.

Now Perplexity is upgrading Comet for iPhone and iPad with eight new features that it says are major improvements to the app. Here’s the latest:

• 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.
• 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 old link won’t bring one back.

Perplexity also says the latest Comet iOS update includes “crash fixes for clearing data and closing tabs, sharper and more stable favicons, cleaner bottom controls on iPhone, plus other fixes and polish.”

You can download Comet for iOS from the App Store.

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