Perplexity now has a mobile assistant on Android

Perplexity has turned its AI-based “answer engine” into a mobile assistant on Android. The new assistant It can answer general questions and do tasks for you, like writing an email, setting a reminder, making dinner reservations, and more.

It’s also multimedia, meaning you can ask it questions about what’s on your screen as well as have it open the camera and “see” what’s in front of you. in Example shared by confusiona user asks the assistant to “give me a ride.” Once it knows where the user wants to go, the assistant automatically opens Uber with available rides to that destination.

I’ve tried it myself and it’s kind of neat. When I asked it to “open a good podcast,” my phone started playing the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience On YouTube. It worked very quickly, although its taste may be questionable.

Using my phone’s camera, Perplexity’s assistant successfully identified the promo Pokemon The package I got for a McDonald’s Happy Meal (don’t judge), which I found impressive since the upgrade It started just a few days ago. It also helped me write and send a text message to a family member using the information in my contacts.

In addition to Samsung’s announcement of the Galaxy S25 phone equipped with the Gemini processor, Google has revealed that its AI Assistant It can now complete tasks across multiple apps, as well as complete multimedia requests.

But Perplexity Assistant doesn’t work across every app and with every feature. It’s unable to access Slack or Reddit, for example, and I also couldn’t use it to leave a comment on a YouTube video. Currently, the assistant supports Spotify, YouTube, and Uber, along with email, messaging, and watch apps, according to Perplexity spokeswoman Sarah Platek. “We’re continuing to add support for more apps and more functionality, so this is just the starting point,” Blatnick adds.

You can enable the plugin through The app is confusingwhich prompts you to replace your phone’s virtual assistant with Perplexity. From there, you can swipe up on the left corner of your screen or hold down the Home button to access Assistant.

However, it is not currently available on iPhone. “If Apple gives us the right permissions, we can make this happen,” Blatnick says.