Comet has always been the core of Perplexity’s AI driven browser. It sits quietly in the background, watching tasks unfold while helping with research, forms, and digital paperwork. The new upgrade gives Comet more stamina and sharper awareness of what is happening across your open tabs. It no longer drops context the moment you step away from a page. It stays with the job.
The standout change is its new ability to multitask across multiple tabs and apps. Instead of jumping back and forth between research, data entry, and reference pages, Comet views them together and works out the relationships on its own. You can ask it to scan several travel sites for flights at the same time and it will treat the entire request as a single task rather than a patchwork of separate prompts.
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A stronger grasp of web environments
The update improves how Comet interprets messy or unpredictable websites. It can read layouts more accurately, follow navigation paths with fewer hints, and complete tasks that used to demand heavy micromanagement. This is where the upgrade feels closest to human workflow. It does not need perfect instructions. It adapts while it goes.
Because Comet can now take more direct actions in the browser, the team added a permission layer. When the assistant detects that a task would run more smoothly if it clicked a button, filled a form, or pulled structured data from a page, it will pause and ask for approval. Once granted, it continues without asking again for that specific task. This keeps the user firmly in control while giving Comet the freedom to work efficiently.
Better reliability for long and branching tasks
Perplexity says internal tests show a twenty three percent jump in successful task completion compared to the earlier version. The real difference shows up in long tasks that have several steps and decision points. Comet now holds context for much longer and finishes the chain more consistently.
For everyday users, this matters. Most people open a browser planning to do one thing and end up stuck in a maze of unrelated tabs. Comet now acts like an assistant that notices the disorder and quietly picks up after you. It can collect data from school attendance portals, track information across multiple websites, or keep research threads tidy while you deal with other work.
A practical path forward
Other companies are experimenting with autonomous browser agents, but Comet’s approach stays grounded. It helps with real tasks rather than chasing science fiction promises. It is not at the stage where it can run entire projects without oversight and it still struggles with nuance or task priority. Even so, it is edging closer to something people can rely on day after day.
If your browser feels like a battlefield of half-finished tabs, Comet now has enough virtual hands to pull things back into order.
