Perplexity
An AI answer engine and Comet browser that search the web and cite sources.
- Type
- Apps
- Last shipped
- Oct 22, 2026
Everything Perplexity shipped
October 2026
- New feature
Perplexity added Graphify codebase visualization to Computer, for users who work with code.
- New feature
Perplexity added a fully local mode for Computer on Mac, running tasks with native apps and files without internet or paid credits.
- New model
Perplexity added Gemini 4 Argon to Perplexity search and Computer for Pro and Max subscribers.
- New feature
Perplexity added the Reverse Engineer Anything skill to Computer, free through October 31 for up to 10,000 credits per user.
- New model
Perplexity released open-weights decision models pplx-decider-v1.2 and pplx-decider-flash-v1.2, available in the Decisions API and on Hugging Face.
- New model
Perplexity added NVIDIA's Nemotron 3.5 Super VL for Pro and Max subscribers, and in its Agent API.
- Launch
Perplexity open-sourced SPACE, the sandbox platform that runs each Perplexity Computer task in its own Firecracker microVM with controlled credentials.
- New feature
Perplexity Computer can now pull real-time Polymarket data, such as probabilities and trading volume, when users tag Polymarket in a query.
- New model
Perplexity added ultrafast versions of GPT-6 Astra and SOL 6.1 to Perplexity Computer for Max subscribers, finishing long tasks sooner.
- New feature
Perplexity rebuilt the filesystem behind Projects as a Git forge, letting AI agents commit work to a shared repository alongside people.
- New model
Perplexity open-sourced pplx-embed-v2-late, two multi-vector embedding models for text and images, with weights available on Hugging Face.
- New feature
Perplexity added a thumbnail rail to Computer for jumping straight to any slide, PDF page, or image.
- Pricing
Perplexity cut Decision API pricing in half, to 2 cents per million input tokens.
- New feature
Perplexity added tabs and separate session windows to its Mac app in version 26.37.1 for all Computer users.
- New feature
Perplexity Computer now creates inline interactive visualizations with widgets and animations in the thread when users ask it to visualize a topic.
- Launch
Perplexity open-sourced Lily, a local inference engine for Apple silicon, and PII-Tracer, an on-device classifier that decides when a task stays on your Mac.
- Availability
Perplexity added a library of ready-made business skills to Computer for eligible U.S. American Express Small Business Card Members.
- New feature
Perplexity added inline interactive charts and visualizations to Computer, including TradingView financial charts with candlesticks, volume and moving averages.
- Launch
Perplexity launched the Decisions API, powered by its open-source pplx-decider-27b model, for developers at $0.04 per million input tokens with free output tokens.
September 2026
- New model
Perplexity released pplx-embed-v2-context-9b-preview, a contextual embedding model that encodes each document chunk with the whole document in view, available on Hugging Face.
- New feature
Perplexity made Computer work by email, so anyone can forward or cc computer@perplexity.com without an account, with email tasks free for a limited time.
- New model
Perplexity open-sourced pplx-embed-v2-context-9b-preview, a contextual embedding model that sets a new best result on the ConTEB and context-bench benchmarks.
- New feature
Perplexity added Profiles, Skills and managed connectors to its Agent API, so developers can reuse one saved agent setup across apps.
- New feature
Perplexity added Automations to Computer, which run ongoing work on a schedule or in response to triggers, using memory, skills and apps like Slack and Gmail.
- New feature
Perplexity made Wiley Online Library data available in Computer for all users at no extra cost, with no setup or subscription needed.
- Launch
Perplexity launched Fast Search in the Perplexity Search API, built on a new retrieval service that returns 95% of results in 230 ms or less.
- Availability
Perplexity made Portable Computer for Windows available on AMD Ryzen AI Max processors, running local AI agents on your own device.
- Launch
Perplexity launched Fast Search in its Search API, built on a new Rust-based engine called Photon with under 250 millisecond p95 latency.
- New feature
Perplexity added a DocSend connector to Computer for all users, letting it work with deal room materials.
- New model
Perplexity added GPT-6 Sol to Perplexity and Computer, making it the default Light option in Computer's effort selector.
- New feature
Perplexity added side chats to Computer, letting users ask read-only questions about a running task without interrupting it.
- New model
Perplexity made GPT-6 Sol available to all users and set it as the orchestrator for Light effort tasks in Computer.
- New model
Perplexity added MiniMax H3 and Seedance 2.5 video generation to Computer for Pro and Max subscribers.
- New feature
Perplexity let all Computer users connect apps directly from the Computer homepage composer on the web.
- New feature
Perplexity added effort controls to Computer's model selector on web, with presets that set the orchestrator model and reasoning depth.
- Availability
Perplexity Computer will now come pre-installed on the HP ZBook Ultra G3a, with more HP devices to follow.
- New feature
Perplexity let all Computer users on web tag coworkers with @ to mention and share a session with them.
- Availability
Perplexity made Portable Computer available on Windows PCs with NVIDIA RTX GPUs, running agents and models locally on the PC.
- Availability
Perplexity made its Search API available inside Hermes Agent, giving it real-time results from an index of more than 400 billion URLs.
- New feature
Perplexity added desktop and mobile previews for websites built with Computer, with an artifact side pane to switch views, edit the site or comment.
- New model
Perplexity added GPT-6 Astra to Perplexity Computer for Pro and Max subscribers, alongside the existing Fable model.
- Availability
Perplexity made Portable Computer, its fully local version of Computer, available on Linux for NVIDIA RTX GPUs with 24GB of VRAM or more.
- Launch
Perplexity open-sourced Lily, the local inference engine for Apple Silicon that powers hybrid compute in the Mac app.
- New feature
Perplexity introduced hybrid compute for all Mac app users, letting Computer run local models for steps involving sensitive and private files.
- New model
Perplexity now offers Fable in Computer as an orchestrator for high-stakes tasks, with GPT 5.6 (Terra) models still handling cost-efficient subagent work.
- New feature
Perplexity added a Coinbase for Agents connector to Computer, letting users trade, analyze markets and run workflows with one click.
August 2026
- New model
Perplexity added GLM 5.3 to Perplexity Computer for long-context, multimodal agent work.
- New feature
Perplexity added Connectors to its Agent API, letting teams link GitHub, Slack, Google Drive and Datadog once for all API Group members.
- New feature
Perplexity added a Public connector to Computer so members can link brokerage accounts to research and trade stocks, options, crypto, bonds and Treasuries.
- New feature
Perplexity connected Computer to licensed data sources such as Dun & Bradstreet, Guidepoint and IBISWorld, available now to all users through Settings, Connectors.
- Launch
Perplexity launched Portable Computer on NVIDIA DGX Spark, a fully local version of Computer that runs the whole agent runtime on local hardware.
