Perplexity Comet 2026: The AI Browser That Shops, Books & Researches
Perplexity Comet browser reviewed: the 2026 agentic AI browser that shops, books flights, and researches for you. See what it does, what it breaks, and if...
Chapter 1: The Browser Stopped Being a Window: Why Agentic Browsing Arrived in 2026 For thirty years, the browser was a window. You looked through it. Everything on the other side — the product page, the flight search, the supplier catalog, the invoice portal — was work that you did with your hands and your attention. The browser rendered; you labored. Chrome got faster at rendering. It never got smarter about the labor. That arrangement broke in 2026, and the Perplexity Comet browser is the clearest evidence of the break. Comet doesn't just show you the flight results. It reads...