Archive · 7 Nov 2025
Perplexity's Comet Assistant Gets Major Upgrade for Complex Online Tasks
Imagine you have a super helpful robot friend named Comet who helps you on the internet.
Before, Comet was good at finding answers, but sometimes it got confused with too many websites open or complicated jobs.
Now, Comet is much smarter!
It can look at lots of different websites at the same time, like gathering ingredients from different stores for a recipe.
It can also do longer tasks, like planning a whole vacation by checking many flights and hotels, without getting tired.
Comet is also better at understanding tricky websites and knows exactly what buttons to press.
Most importantly, Comet will now ask you before it does something new on a website, giving you control over its actions.
This makes it easier and faster for you to get things done online.
Perplexity's Comet Assistant has been updated to handle more complex online tasks and multi-step processes.
The assistant can now work across multiple browser tabs simultaneously, gathering and using information from different sites.
Comet has improved capabilities in understanding and interacting with complex websites for more accurate actions.
Users have clearer permission controls, with Comet asking for approval before taking browser actions.
The update aims to make web tasks like job searching and travel planning faster and require less manual effort.
- Who
- Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas announced the update.
- What
- A major update to Perplexity's Comet Assistant, enhancing its ability to handle complex online tasks, work across multiple browser tabs, and interact with websites.
- When
- Thursday
- Where
- Online/Web
- Why
- To make the AI assistant better at managing everyday web activities like job searches, travel planning, and data entry, and to position Comet as an action-taking tool rather than just an answer provider.
New Comet Assistant Capabilities
Previous Limitations
Multi-Tab Functionality
New Comet Assistant Capabilities
Comet can now pull data from one website and use it on another without user intervention, enabling tasks like filling spreadsheets from multiple sources.
Previous Limitations
Previous versions required users to manually switch between browser tabs to gather and transfer information.
Handling Complex & Multi-Step Tasks
New Comet Assistant Capabilities
The updated Comet can manage longer, multi-step jobs like job searches, travel comparisons, and building spreadsheets without stopping midway.
Previous Limitations
Earlier versions struggled with longer tasks and might have given up before completion.
Website Interaction and Understanding
New Comet Assistant Capabilities
Comet has improved ability to interpret complex websites and perform web-based actions more accurately.
Previous Limitations
Older versions had limitations in understanding and navigating varied and complex online environments.
Permission Controls
New Comet Assistant Capabilities
Users now receive explicit permission requests before Comet takes any browser action, with the ability to grant or deny and set preferences.
Previous Limitations
Permission controls were less granular, potentially leading to less user oversight on assistant actions.
- Company
- Perplexity
- Product
- Comet Assistant
- Update Type
- Major upgrade
- New Features
- Multi-tab support, improved website interaction, handling complex multi-step tasks, enhanced permission controls
- Availability
- Rolling out to all users
- Performance Improvement
- Approximately 23% better than the earlier version in internal testing