Perplexity’s Comet browser is starting to make a lot more sense on the iPad. After bringing Comet to iOS users last month, the company is now adding proper iPadOS support, including multiple windows and Split View. The update is available now on the App Store, and it fixes one of the biggest gaps from the browser’s tablet launch.
Comet’s main draw is its built-in AI assistant, which lets users search, ask questions, summarize pages, and manage some web tasks inside the browser. The feature was useful for quick lookups on mobile, but the iPad version needed proper multitasking tools to make better use of the larger screen.
Today we’re rolling out a new native Comet experience for iPad.
Comet now works naturally with iPadOS features like multiple windows and Split View, so you can work with Comet alongside the apps you already use.
Available now on the App Store. pic.twitter.com/wgyKXXvnE1
Split View now lets users keep Comet open beside another app, such as Notes, Mail, Pages, Slack, or a PDF reader. Multiple windows also make the browser more practical for research-heavy tasks, where a user may want one window for browsing and another for follow-up questions, summaries, or comparing information.
The update should make Comet easier to use for students, writers, researchers, and anyone who uses the iPad as a laptop replacement. It also gives users a stronger reason to try Comet as their main browser instead of opening it only for AI-assisted searches.
Perplexity made Comet free to use late last year, which likely helped more people try the browser as an alternative to Chrome or Safari. Since then, the company has continued improving the browser and bringing it to more platforms. We previously tested Comet as a Chrome replacement and found that its natural-language browsing approach changes how users move through the web.
For iPad users, this is a practical upgrade. Comet now works better with the apps people already use, which could make switching to Perplexity’s AI browser a lot easier.
Apple has just launched its latest iPad mini with a notable set of upgrades, including an OLED screen, improved speakers, and a more resilient build. It also gets a new chip, and the whole package costs $200 more than its predecessor. But if you look closely at Apple’s online store, you’ll realize that $699 isn’t enough to get you the most powerful version of the A20 Pro chip inside this tablet. In fact, even if you pay $800 for the 256GB model, you still won’t get the beefiest variant. Only when you jump to the 512GB trim, which costs an absurd $999, do you get the most powerful flavor of the A20 Pro.
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