Computer

Claude Opus 4.8 is now available in Fast mode in Perplexity Computer, giving you faster responses at the same quality. Turn it on with the Fast toggle under Claude Opus 4.8 in the model picker. Live now on the web for all Computer users.

Introducing the Computer Command Panel. Type / to see every mode and skill available in Computer, including Deep Research and Plan Mode. Live now on the web for all Computer users.

You can now pause or stop a scheduled task in Computer from its row in the task dashboard. Live now on the web for all Computer users.

Plan Mode, clarifying questions, and connector requests now appear directly in the input box — bringing all interactions with Computer to the same place.

Today we're releasing Personal Computer. Personal Computer integrates with the Perplexity Mac App for secure orchestration across your local files, native apps, and browser. We’re rolling this out to all Perplexity Max subscribers and everyone on the waitlist starting today.

Over the past two weeks, students researched and prepared stock pitches with Perplexity Computer. Now the top 5 finalists will present live for $17,500 in prizes to our panel of judges. Watch today’s live pitches from 9–10:30 AM PST: pplx.ai/pitch/finals

Perplexity Computer uses Comet to kick off workflows in your local browser. We asked it to compare Nano Banana vs Midjourney. Computer: → Opened 5 tabs at once → Ran 5 image gen tasks in parallel → Downloaded and cropped every output → Built a side-by-side comparison deck

Register now at pplx.ai/pitch. Open to students enrolled at a US university. No technical or financial background needed.

Participants will be judged by creative use of Perplexity Computer, unique analysis, and a differentiated thesis. Judges include Philippe Laffont (Founder & CIO of Coatue), Dan Loeb (Founder & CEO of Third Point), and Ken Hao (Chairman & Managing Partner of Silver Lake).

We're hosting a Perplexity Computer stock pitch competition starting on March 30th for students enrolled in a US undergraduate or graduate program. Students will have 1 week to research, analyze, and pitch a publicly-listed stock, using only Perplexity Computer.

Perplexity Computer can now connect to your health apps, wearables, lab results, and medical records. Ask anything about your health. Build personalized apps. Track it all in one dashboard.

We just shipped several upgrades to building web apps with Perplexity Computer. New projects are now automatically tested using Playwright. It navigates your app like a real user to identify and fix bugs before you ever see them. Build, test, fix, ship. All in one place.

Perplexity Computer is now available on: > iOS > Android > Slack > Comet > Web ...and more to come. Share context seamlessly between platforms. Computer works wherever you work.

Computer can now take full control of Comet to complete tasks. When you’re in Comet, Computer spins up a browser agent that can access any site or logged‑in app with your permission, without the need for connectors or MCPs. Available to all Computer users on Comet.

Perplexity Computer can markup any document with Final Pass. It runs 5 reviews in parallel and returns a fully marked up version with actionable edits. In one query, it identified several improvements to our MNDA that we actually implemented. Available with Enterprise Computer.

Perplexity Computer is now on mobile. Start any task on any device. Manage Computer from your phone or desktop with cross-device synchronization. Available now for iOS in the Perplexity app. Coming soon to Android.

You can now run Perplexity Computer directly from Slack. → Install from the Slack App Marketplace → Create workflows using context from your channels → Everything syncs to Computer on web automatically No switching tabs. No copy-pasting. Just work where you already work.

You can now embed your connectors directly inside web apps built by Perplexity Computer. To demonstrate, we built a document editor that uses the Google Docs and Notion connectors to fetch, edit, and save docs across both.

Announcing Personal Computer. Personal Computer is an always on, local merge with Perplexity Computer that works for you 24/7. It's personal, secure, and works across your files, apps, and sessions through a continuously running Mac mini.