Perplexity’s Comet: The AI Browser Aiming to Replace Chrome
AI integration, automatic tasks, natural language: Perplexity’s browser Comet wants to make Chrome superfluous and attacks with great functions. Read why smartphone manufacturers already show interest.
Google gets competition from its own source
With its recently published browser Comet attracts a lot of attention, because it is said that this browser has the potential to break the market dominance of Chrome. Comet is based on Google’s chromium project. Perplexity thus uses the free technology against Google itself. The recipe for it is easy. COMET integrates AI functions directly into the user interface.
Users can communicate with the browser in natural language instead of navigating through numerous tabs. The AI understands the context and then even performs complex tasks independently. These tasks range from relatively simple e-mail summary to hotel bookings.
AI integration instead of Google search
This is not unnoticed by the large smartphone manufacturers. According to the News agency Reuters Perplexity already has talks with various providers about pre-installed Comet browser. “It is not easy to convince mobile devices from switching from Chrome to Comet,” said CEO Aravind Srinivas, so prayering would be an important piece of puzzle for success for success for Comet. COMET basically replaces Google search (or any other search engine) with perplexitys “Answer Engine”, which initially shows relevant websites for search queries and then generates information on the topic.
An integrated AI assistant is similar to Google’s Gemini integration in Chrome. After linking to Google accounts, the browser can take on tasks: generate and send emails, close unused tabs or write social media contributions. With “Take Control of My Browser”, more complex actions such as completely automatic forms of form or online purchases are possible. Infographic generative KI: Which Genai tools are used in Germany?
But: automation has weaknesses
However, automation still has limits, as was shown in various tests. In addition, the browser needs access to personal Google data such as calendars and emails for many functions. Comet is currently only for “Perplexity Max” subscribers ($ 200/172 euros per month) and a Waiting list available (This is also only accessible to Max subscribers). Access should gradually be expanded to pro-customer and later all users, when is still unexcited. The browser runs on Windows and MacOS, and mobile versions will follow according to perplexity in the coming months.
Growing competition in the browser market
Comet is based on Chromium, which Google developed in 2008 as a chrome basis. Chromium also drives Microsoft Edge, Opera or Brave. Now a Google competitor uses this free technology against your own largest Google Consulting Wiese still the most important business model, the search. Perplexity is not only in the AI browser race. Opera already released Neon, Openai supposedly works on its own browser with AI agents. Chrome, Edge and Firefox are also increasingly integrating AI functions. The browser market dominated by Google Chrome could be revived by these AI alternatives.
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