Comet Browser is the first truly agentic browser to release, meaning that you can not only talk to the baked in Assistant (Perplexity), but you can have it interact with your tabs, emails, calendar, and even navigate the web for you (as if an assistant took over your screen).
While it's still in beta and invite only (and still rough around the edges), it has been quite impressive given our short time with it. I only just hope that they add more power-user tab management features, like better tab management, sidebar tabs, and more.
I think Comet Browser is the first browser that shows you a peek into the future of what browsing will look like. Sometimes you'll navigate, other times you'll tell it what you want, and it'll navigate for you. It's a more collaborative individual experience. Super interesting.
What is Comet Browser?
Comet Browser is an AI-native browser created by the team over at Perplexity, who has been shaking up the search space. If you're using AI search, you're likely using either ChatGPT or Perplexity. So it only makes sense that Perplexity is moving into the browser space (where all your work takes place).
The main differentiator with Comet is that their Comet Assistant is at the core, which gives us a taste of what's coming with the coined term "Agentic Browsing". All that really means is that the assistant not only searches with more context and interacts with your tabs, but it actually clicks around the web for you.
Who is Comet Browser For?
If you’re the kind of person who jumped on Perplexity before it blew up, you’re the target market. Comet will likely appeal to:
Basically, early adopters, who are fine with a product being rough around the edges, but power-user features that not many people have seen before.
Comet Browser Key Features
Comet Assistant
Comet's built-in assistant is what sets it apart from all the best browsers we've covered. It handles the new table-stakes well, with Perplexity at the core, so all the usual search and research functionality is handled.
It can also interact with open tabs, allowing you to essentially target your search and research to a more specific dataset to what you're looking into. But Dia can do this as well, so it's not particularly standout in a browser.
But what does set it apart is Comet gives us the first actual glance at what this coveted "Agentic Browsing" experience actually is, in a non-technical, actually user-friendly way.
What does this mean? Well it can connect into your calendar and email to tell you about important emails (cool, like Google Assistant, right?), but most impressively it can even navigate the web for you.
I'm saying that you can ask it to do things, and it will actually navigate around the page your on, open new pages when needed, and take action as if it's a human you're asking to do something for you.
Comet Voice Assistant
If you've ever used ChatGPT's voice mode, imagine that, but being able to dive into a conversation with the website you're on, tabs you have open, and the wider internet. Searching for deals, what the main points are of a YouTube video, or want it to book a reservation for you? All of that is possible with the assistant on the sidebar:
While this is super promising, it can't yet seem to take action on the page that I'm on just yet. While they've shown some demos of this in action on X, it's not quite functional to that degree yet.
That said, being able to talk to a page is away more enjoyable experience than reading it. Heck, you might be chatting with this review right now for all I know. It feels like the future.
Email and Calendar Integration
What's an assistant (and now browser) without connection to your email and calendar? If you want it to book a flight for you, doesn't it need to know what your availability is?
That's where it asks you for full read/write access to your Gmail and Google Calendar, and you can ask the browser questions about your email, upcoming events, and more.
This one feels like Chrome should have had this for ages, but with Google's upcoming Gemini integration with Chrome, we're likely to see something similar.
Comet Browser Pricing
The team has said it'll be similar to the freemium model of Perplexity:
Final Verdict
Is Comet Browser worth it? It's still too early to say, but they are definitely shaking up the space, and giving Dia by the Browser Company a run for their money.
It's the first time we've ever seen a way to explore the web and browse (keyboard and voice), to this degree. It feels like the first true AI browser that we've seen.
With all of that said... There are rumors that OpenAI is working on an AI browser as well, so it feels like Comet vs OpenAI vs Dia is going to be what everyone is paying attention to over the coming months. The competition is great for the end-user (you, and us), so we're quite excited. I wouldn't want to be in their shoes though, it sounds incredibly stressful.
