Perplexity’s Voice Assistant for iOS Gets Web Search Feature
In a post on X (previously Twitter), Perplexity introduced the discharge of its voice assistant for iOS. Users who’ve beforehand put in the Perplexity app on an iPhone can entry the AI assistant by updating the app. The function is at the moment accessible without spending a dime, and does not require customers to obtain one other utility.
Once the Perplexity Assistant rolls out to your cellphone, you’ll be able to open the app and faucet the waveform icon on the underside proper facet of the interface, subsequent to the textual content area. This opens the AI assistant in a full-screen view, the place the assistant is represented as a globe of glowing particles. You can ask a query, and the chatbot will full reply, or carry out an applicable motion.
It can carry out all of Siri’s query-based actions, in addition to a lot of the on-device actions corresponding to turning the flashlight on and off, setting a reminder or alarm, and calling a contact.
Additionally, it could additionally entry some apps on the machine to finish sure sophisticated duties. For occasion, should you ask it to “ebook a desk for 2 on the Taj Hotel tomorrow at 2:30pm,” Perplexity Assistant will be capable to entry both the lodge’s reservation web page or a appropriate third-party web site. It would then enter your particulars and share the web page with you, for any last changes, earlier than reserving the desk.
Perplexity says the voice assistant may also ship emails and calendar invitations, in addition to discover merchandise to purchase on-line. A degree to notice right here is that the AI assistant doesn’t have agentic capabilities and can’t execute actions autonomously. While it could fill out a kind or draft an electronic mail, you’ll have to faucet the affirmation button on the finish.
The AI-powered search platform has lately been taking measures to extend its adoption. Earlier, it added a bot on X that may reply to person queries when tagged within the reply to a publish. According to a report, Perplexity has additionally struck a take care of Motorola to carry the AI assistant to its upcoming units.
