Perplexity began with the Ask answer engine in December 2022. It later expanded into Copilot and Pro Search, enterprise workspaces, Sonar models and APIs, Deep Research, Comet, and Computer.
Products also changed names and moved into larger platforms as Perplexity shifted from answering questions to completing longer tasks.
This timeline tracks the launches, model and API releases, major rollouts, renames, and retirements that defined those product lines.
Last updated: October 20, 2026.
2026
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | Computer launched fully local execution in the Mac app for Pro, Max, and Enterprise subscribers on supported Apple silicon Macs. Qwen 3.6 and PPLX Pro run the model, agent, and task execution on device, with 36 GB or more of memory recommended. Cloud assistance for web research, browser use, connected apps, or advanced reasoning requires authorization. |
| 2026-10-20 | Perplexity partnered with Valarian to deploy Computer on institution-controlled servers and cloud infrastructure, including air-gapped networks. Valarian’s ACRA platform enforces access rules for data, tools, credentials, and network connections. Air-gapped deployments use internal models and information without live access to the public web or external model APIs. |
| 2026-10-19 | Computer added Ultrafast speed for GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol on the web for Max subscribers. The setting uses more credits than Normal or Fast. |
| 2026-10-19 | Sales-assisted Enterprise plans gained connector access controls by role, with audit logs for permission changes. |
| 2026-10-19 | Projects added local Mac folders in app version 26.38 or later. New tasks use the attached folder by default, and access stays personal even in shared Projects. |
| 2026-10-19 | Nano Banana 2.1 became available for image generation and editing to everyone with Computer access. |
| 2026-10-19 | Gemini 4 Argon became available in Computer for Pro and Max subscribers and in Search for Max subscribers. |
| 2026-10-19 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL became available in Search for Pro and Max subscribers. Nemotron 3.5 Super also joined Agent API with text-only input. |
| 2026-10-19 | Computer added the /reverse-engineer skill, based on the open-source Reverse Engineer Anything framework, to inspect software and build and test reconstructions. |
| 2026-10-15 | Perplexity open-sourced SPACE, the sandbox platform behind Computer. Its isolated virtual machines support code execution, pause and resume, recovery, and session branching. Network policies and platform-held credentials are managed outside the sandbox. SPACE had powered Computer sessions since July. |
| 2026-10-07 | Perplexity released pplx-embed-v2-late in 0.6B and 9B sizes for text and image retrieval. The models use token-level vectors to search text, natural images, and rendered document pages. Their shared embedding space lets the smaller model query a document index built with the larger model. Both models became available on Hugging Face. |
| 2026-10-05 | Computer added inline interactive charts and visualizations, including 3D explanations and financial charts, directly inside task threads. |
| 2026-10-05 | GPT-6.1 Sol became available in Perplexity and Computer for eligible paid accounts and began powering Light effort. Claude Opus 5.5 began powering Standard effort for eligible paid personal accounts. |
| 2026-10-05 | Computer added video generation with MiniMax H3 and ByteDance Seedance 2.5 for Pro and Max subscribers on personal accounts. |
| 2026-10-05 | Effort Mode expanded to Computer on iOS and Android for eligible paid plans, with Light, Standard, High, and Ultra settings. |
| 2026-10-05 | A browser extension enabled Computer in the Mac app to control supported Chromium browsers, including Chrome, Edge, and Brave, for tasks across signed-in websites and tabs. |
| 2026-10-05 | Perplexity and Computer added search and citation access to Wiley journals and books across all plans, with premium allowances that vary by plan. |
| October 2026 | Agent API added native PDF, DOC, DOCX, TXT, and RTF input plus an image_search tool that returns image and source-page URLs. The low, medium, high, and xhigh presets switched to Fast Search at $1 per 1,000 web-search tool calls. |
| October 2026 | Decisions API advanced through pplx-decider-v1.1-27b to the 27B pplx-decider-v1.2 and new 4B pplx-decider-flash-v1.2. Input pricing fell to $0.02 per million tokens for the standard model and $0.01 for Flash, with free output. Both v1.2 models accept text and images. |
| October 2026 | Agent API added approval controls for MCP and connector tool calls through require_approval. Applications can approve or deny a requested call before execution. Approval is off by default. |
| October 2026 | Agent API added Gemini 4 Argon, Claude Haiku 5.5, GPT-6 Astra, and DeepSeek V4 Pro. Its xhigh preset increased the maximum output budget from 128,000 to 512,000 tokens. |
| 2026-10-01 | Decisions API launched with pplx-decider-v1-27b, a multimodal decision model for classification, routing, and rubric-based scoring. It returns probabilities for yes/no answers, defined choices, and score levels. API pricing started at $0.04 per million input tokens with free output. Model weights were released under Apache 2.0. |
| 2026-10-01 | Perplexity and American Express introduced 10 curated business Skills for finance, marketing, operations, and hiring in Computer. Access requires an eligible U.S. American Express Small Business Card, Enterprise Pro or Enterprise Max, and Card connection through Personal CFO. |
| 2026-09-30 | Perplexity introduced pplx-embed-v2-context-9b-preview, a contextual embedding model trained to retrieve answer passages and supporting evidence from the same document. It produces one vector per chunk and supports reduced-dimension and int8 embeddings. |
| 2026-09-29 | Perplexity Computer added Automations for ongoing work triggered by events or schedules. Automations use memory, skills, and connected apps such as Slack, Gmail, Outlook, and Linear. |
| 2026-09-28 | Agent API added reusable Profiles, versioned Skills, and managed connectors for building agents that can share configurations across applications. |
| 2026-09-27 | Sonar Chat Completions reached its scheduled retirement date as Perplexity moved Sonar workloads to Agent API. |
| 2026-09-24 | Portable Computer expanded to AMD Ryzen AI Max PCs, including Ryzen AI Halo, through the Windows app. It requires Windows 10 or 11 and at least 24 GB of GPU-accessible memory. Local inference uses no Computer credits. Cloud assistance requires permission. |
| 2026-09-21 | Effort Mode added Light, Standard, High, and Ultra settings for Computer on the web. Computer selects the model and reasoning level for each setting. GPT-6 Astra also became available for eligible Pro and Max accounts. |
| 2026-09-21 | Skills Marketplace opened a public catalog of reusable Computer capabilities, with organization sharing and installation controls for Enterprise teams. |
| 2026-09-21 | Side Chat added a separate, read-only conversation alongside an active Computer task. It uses a snapshot of task context and leaves the main task running. |
| 2026-09-21 | Portable Computer expanded to supported Linux PCs alongside Windows and NVIDIA DGX Spark. PC configurations require an NVIDIA RTX GPU with at least 24 GB of VRAM. |
| 2026-09-21 | Eligible non-paying accounts in the United States gained included Computer turns on the web. |
| 2026-09-21 | Ask added Microsoft 365 work or school account access for SharePoint, OneDrive, and Excel on desktop web for eligible paid plans. |
| 2026-09-14 | Portable Computer became available through the Perplexity Windows app on supported NVIDIA PCs after its initial local-hardware release. |
| 2026-09-01 | Hybrid Compute on Mac launched, splitting Computer tasks between cloud models and a model running locally on the Mac. |
| September 2026 | Fast Search became available in Search API and Agent API’s web-search tool at $1 per 1,000 requests or tool invocations. Agent API model tokens are billed separately. |
| September 2026 | The remote Perplexity MCP server added OAuth sign-in. Agent API also added custom connectors for remote MCP servers with centrally stored credentials. |
| September 2026 | Agent API added GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.5. Its low and medium presets moved to GPT-6 Luna, high to GPT-6 Sol, and xhigh to Claude Opus 5.5. |
| 2026-08-25 | Portable Computer launched on NVIDIA DGX Spark, running Computer’s models, agent tools, and task queue on local hardware. |
| 2026-08-24 | Computer in Email became available. Sending or forwarding a message to [email protected] starts a task with the sender’s connected apps, permissions, and memory. Computer replies to the verified sender in the same thread. |
| 2026-08-24 | Perplexity Search SDK introduced Python workflows for parallel searches, filtering, deduplication, and ranking. |
| 2026-08-24 | Connector approval controls added an Always ask setting that pauses tool actions for approval, with grants for individual actions or the rest of a thread. |
| 2026-08-13 | Agent API expanded into one programmable endpoint for model calls, web search, URL retrieval, code execution, MCP, and specialized search tools. |
| 2026-07-30 | Spaces became Projects, moving existing workspaces into a new experience with shared files, Computer tasks, connected apps, and Brain memory. |
| 2026-07-28 | Personal Computer launched on Windows, extending Computer to local files, Microsoft 365, desktop apps, and web work. |
| July 2026 | Router API introduced a single endpoint for Perplexity-hosted open-weight models, with OpenAI Chat Completions and Anthropic Messages compatibility, health-based routing, and automatic failover. |
| 2026-06-18 | Brain launched as Computer’s self-improving memory system, building context from completed work for later tasks. |
| 2026-06-11 | Deep Research launched inside Computer, where research continued into reports, dashboards, presentations, and other deliverables. |
| 2026-05-28 | Computer became available inside Microsoft 365 apps, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. |
| 2026-04-16 | Personal Computer launched on Mac, extending Computer to local files, native apps, and desktop work. |
| 2026-03-18 | Comet launched on iOS, extending Perplexity’s AI browser to its second mobile platform after Android. |
| 2026-03-12 | Computer expanded beyond its initial Max release to Pro and Enterprise subscribers. |
| 2026-03-11 | Agent API and Sandbox API launched, providing a managed runtime for agent workflows and an isolated environment for code execution. |
| 2026-02-26 | Perplexity released the pplx-embed-v1 and pplx-embed-context-v1 model families for semantic and contextual retrieval. |
| 2026-02-25 | Perplexity Computer launched on the web for Max subscribers as a multi-agent product for completing long-running tasks. |
| 2026-02-05 | Model Council launched on the web for Max subscribers, running three models on one question and synthesizing their responses. |
| 2026-02-05 | Labs appeared under the new name Create files and apps as Perplexity reorganized its research and creation modes. |
2025
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | Memory became available across Perplexity, storing preferences and conversation context for later answers. |
| 2025-11-21 | Comet launched on Android, its first mobile release. |
| 2025-10-02 | Comet became free to download worldwide after its initial Max and subscriber rollouts. |
| 2025-09-25 | Search API launched with ranked web results and extracted page content apart from generated answers. |
| 2025-07-09 | Comet launched as Perplexity’s AI browser, initially for Max subscribers. |
| 2025-07-02 | Perplexity introduced Max as a subscription tier with expanded access to advanced models and new products. |
| 2025-05-29 | Perplexity Labs launched for Pro subscribers to create reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and web apps from research. |
| 2025-03-19 | Perplexity released updated Sonar models and tiered search modes for its API. |
| 2025-02-14 | Deep Research launched on the web for longer investigations that search many sources and produce sourced reports. |
| 2025-02-11 | A new Perplexity-built Sonar model became available to Pro subscribers in the main search product. |
| 2025-01-21 | Sonar Pro API became available for more demanding multi-step search questions. |
2024
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2024-10-17 | Spaces and Internal Knowledge Search launched, adding organized workspaces and company-file search to Perplexity’s enterprise product. |
| 2024-07-02 | Pro Search received a major upgrade for multi-step searches, calculations, and more complex problem-solving. |
| 2024-05-30 | Perplexity Pages launched for creating structured, shareable research pages. |
| 2024-04-23 | Enterprise Pro launched as Perplexity’s first business subscription. |
2023
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2023-11-29 | PPLX Online models launched, pairing Perplexity-tuned language models with live web search as the developer platform moved beyond its initial beta. |
| 2023-10-04 | pplx-api entered public beta, opening Perplexity’s developer platform with hosted model access. |
| 2023-05-18 | Perplexity Copilot launched as an interactive research mode with clarifying questions and guided searches. |
| 2023-03-28 | Perplexity launched its iOS app, taking the answer engine from the web to a native mobile app. |
2022
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| December 2022 | Perplexity launched Ask, its conversational answer engine with answers linked to web sources. |
How Perplexity’s Products Changed Over Time
From Ask and Copilot to Deep Research and Computer
Ask established Perplexity’s cited-answer experience in 2022. Copilot added guided research in 2023. Follow-up questions refined a query before deeper searches. The research experience later continued through Pro Search as Perplexity expanded multi-step search and reasoning.
Deep Research introduced autonomous investigation in 2025 through multi-source searches and sourced reports on complex questions. Computer extended that work in 2026 through agents, code execution, connected services, files, and longer-running tasks.
From Labs to Create Files and Apps
Labs launched on May 29, 2025, as a creation mode for reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and web apps. Perplexity renamed it Create files and apps in February 2026 as the product menu was reorganized.
Computer launched later that month as a distinct product centered on agent orchestration and long-running tasks. Deep Research later became available inside Computer, where research continued into files and other finished work.
Sonar and the Developer Platform
Perplexity’s developer platform began with pplx-api and hosted models in 2023. PPLX Online introduced Perplexity-tuned models with web access later that year.
Sonar became Perplexity’s search-focused model family in 2025. Search API provided ranked web results apart from generated answers, and the embedding models introduced a retrieval-focused model line in 2026. The v2 contextual model expanded retrieval to supporting evidence within documents, while the v2 late-interaction models added text and image retrieval through token-level vectors.
Agent API launched in March 2026 as a managed runtime for models, search, tools, and multi-step agent tasks. It expanded in August and gained reusable agent configurations in September. The September Sonar retirement applied to the older Chat Completions path as Perplexity shifted developer workloads toward Agent API.
The developer offering also split into more specialized APIs. Router API handles hosted model access, while Decisions API evaluates text and images for classification, routing, and scoring. Decisions API returns numerical probabilities that application code can compare against a threshold.
From Spaces to Projects
Spaces launched in 2024 as workspaces for organizing research and internal knowledge. Projects replaced the Spaces name in July 2026 and moved the concept into a workspace built around Computer tasks, shared files, connected apps, and persistent memory.
Existing Spaces migrated into Projects.
Computer on Local Devices and Enterprise Infrastructure
Computer first launched as a cloud product on the web. Personal Computer extended its agent capabilities to local files and desktop apps on Mac and Windows.
Portable Computer moved Computer’s models and agent stack onto supported local hardware, first on NVIDIA DGX Spark and later on supported NVIDIA PCs and AMD Ryzen AI Max systems. Hybrid Compute on Mac introduced another execution model in which cloud and local models can handle different parts of one Computer task.
Fully local execution on Mac later moved planning, reasoning, and file processing onto the device. Hybrid Compute starts with cloud coordination, while fully local tasks start on the Mac and request permission before cloud assistance.
Computer’s deployment with Valarian extended this approach to institutional infrastructure. Organizations can define access boundaries for each workload, including air-gapped environments restricted to internal models, tools, and information.
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