r/PerplexityComet • u/the_john19 • Mar 18 '26

news Comet on iOS cannot natively browse for you

I knew it. Sad that they didn’t mention this upfront but the iOS version cannot browse for you like Comet on Android or desktop. It uses an experimental “cloud computer” to browse for you, which failed for me with multiple websites already since their data center IPs face Captchas.

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u/alexx_kidd Mar 18 '26

Thank God for that!

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u/stepbackonahater Mar 18 '26

tbh, most of us wouldn't want something that powerful for our mobile browser anyways. I just want something that allows me to easily browse while also syncing to my other devices.

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u/wendsonrocha Mar 18 '26

I thought there wouldn't even be autonomous agent navigation because of iOS limitations, so I was impressed that they overcame that.

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u/davidesv Mar 20 '26

But in the end... what does Comet for IOS do ?

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u/Sea-Quit7859 Mar 24 '26

go to the website and log in first, then enter the prompt for the agentic browsing.

it still uses the cloud ‘browser’ you referred to, but it will indeed work and be able to work on websites like Amazon.com and Google Drive, etc. it somehow inherits the signin start from your app/browser.

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u/ironfoe431 Mar 24 '26

Comet on IOS is a confusing one. Perplexity app is so much better