Comet Browser Android Launch: 7 AI Tricks Chrome Can’t Match in 2025

Comet by Perplexity Lands on Android: the AI Browser That Surfs for You

Introduction – A New Species of Browser

Twenty-one years after Firefox, seventeen after Chrome, the browser finally evolves. On 20 Nov 2025 Perplexity released Comet for Android, the first mobile browser built from the ground up around a conversational AI engine. Gone are the days of typing keywords and clicking links; Comet plans, shops, summarises and speaks on your behalf—all while blocking every ad.

1. Zero-Click Answers: Perplexity as Default Engine

The address bar is now a chat prompt. Type or say “Find me the best OLED TV under $1,000” and Comet returns a sourced paragraph instead of ten blue links. It shows its reasoning, cites URLs inline, and updates the answer if new data appears while you scroll.

2. Talk-to-Tabs Voice Mode

Hit the microphone and ask “What were the pros & cons in the last three articles?” Comet reads all open tabs, stitches together a bullet comparison, and reads it aloud—perfect for commuters.

3. Smart Summarisation Swipe

Swipe down from the top of any page to generate a three-level summary:

• 1-sentence headline

• 50-word abstract

• Key bullets with page anchors
  Languages auto-detect; tested in 27 locales including Korean and Hindi.

4. Cross-Site Research Agent

Activate “Deep Research” and Comet opens up to 12 tabs, extracts data, builds a coloured comparison table, and exports it to Google Sheets or Excel Online—no copy-paste needed.

5. Shop-For-Me Automation

Tell the browser “Buy the cheapest 1 TB SD card with ≥ 100 MB/s write speed”. Comet visits retailers, checks stock, applies coupons and lands you at the final checkout page in under 30 seconds. A transparency tray lets you audit every step to avoid scam sites.

6. Built-In Ad & Tracker Blocker

Powered by uBlock-origin lists plus Perplexity’s own crawl, the blocker pre-loads 3× faster than Chrome on the same device, saves ≈ 15 % data on LTE tests, and lets you whitelist favourite sites with one tap.

7. Upcoming Features Before 2026

Perplexity promises three drops by year-end:

• Conversational agent that can fill forms, book flights and schedule calendar events

• Native password manager with end-to-end encryption

• Quick-action shortcuts (think iOS Shortcuts but web-aware) accessible from the long-press menu

8. System Requirements & Availability

• Android 12 or later, 125 MB download, ARM-v8

• Free, no Max sub needed (the $200 plan still unlocks higher server-side rate limits on desktop)

• iOS & iPadOS versions “coming soon”—no firm date

9. First Impressions & Performance

Early benchmarks on a Pixel 9 Pro show:

• Page-to-readable: 1.4 s vs 2.1 s Chrome

• JavaScript score (Speedometer): 205 vs 185 Chrome

• Battery drain: 4 % lower in a 30-minute mixed-scroll test

Conclusion – Should You Switch?

If you research more than you scroll, Comet is already a productivity multiplier. The lack of history/bookmark sync today is a minor pain, but Perplexity’s six-week update cadence and public roadmap make it a viable Chrome challenger for the AI-curious. Download it, speak to your tabs, and hand over the surfing to the algorithm.

Sources

• PCMag, 21 Nov 2025 – Comet Android launch & ad blocker details
  

• The Verge, 21 Nov 2025 – Voice mode, sync roadmap
  

• ZDNet, 21 Nov 2025 – Benchmarks & performance
  

• TechCrunch, 20 Nov 2025 – Shopping agent, export tables, upcoming features