Perplexity AI is now bringing its experimental Comet browser to Windows users. After launching a beta version for Apple Silicon Macs in May, the company has started rolling out invites to select Windows testers, signaling a significant step toward broader availability.
This move opens up Perplexity’s “agentic search” experience to a broader audience, particularly Windows users eager to try out browsing that’s designed to do more than just display pages.
In response to a comment under his post on X, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas announced, “Windows build is also ready. And few invites have been sent for early testers. Android build is also moving at a crazy pace and moving ahead of schedule. iOS updates soon.”
No public launch yet, but hype grows
While Perplexity hasn’t set a public release date, the rollout to Windows testers suggests the browser may be closer to launch than previously expected. Users can still join the waitlist if they’re interested in trying it out.
Comet enters a growing field of AI-enhanced browsers. Opera Neon, Microsoft Edge with Copilot, and Google Chrome with Gemini are all racing to bake smarter tools into the browsing experience. However, while those rely on extensions or add-ons, Comet is attempting something more profound: embedding the AI directly into the browser’s core.
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Despite the hype, Comet has faced early criticism about privacy. In a recent podcast, Srinivas suggested that Comet could “get data even outside the app to better understand you.” That raised alarms online, especially among privacy advocates.
Srinivas later addressed the issue, posting on X that the remark had been taken out of context. He clarified that “every user will be given the option to not be part of the personalization (with zero ads even) if they don’t want it. It’s up to them to make a trade off between utility and privacy.”
Meanwhile, Bloomberg recently reported that Apple executives have held internal talks about possibly acquiring Perplexity AI. With Apple lagging behind in AI innovation and facing regulatory pressure, buying Perplexity, currently valued at $14 billion, could be a bold move to catch up.
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