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AI Browsers Are Here — My Experience with Perplexity’s Comet

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I have been using Perplexity’s Comet browser for the past two weeks, and it has completely changed the way I use browsers 🌐. I’ve been a Chrome user for as long as I can remember, but after trying out Comet for two weeks, I finally made it my default browser ✅.

Comet functions not just as a browser, but also as an AI assistant/agent 🤖 that automates many browser-based tasks. In this blog, I’ll share what AI browsers are, my experiences with Comet, and the use cases where I found it most useful.

❓ What is an AI Browser?

An AI browser integrates an AI agent directly into the browsing experience. This agent is aware of the activity in your tabs 🗂️ and provides recommendations and automations ⚡.

In addition to Comet from Perplexity, there are other AI browsers like Dia, Brave, and Opera. While I haven’t tried them personally, my research suggests that Comet offers much deeper AI integration 🔗.

Compared to ChatGPT’s agent, Comet runs locally on your machine 💻 and can directly control the browser. This makes it more secure 🔒 than agents like ChatGPT, where credentials are sent to external servers.

🌟 Why Did Perplexity Enter the Browser Space?

  • Most of us spend 60–70% of our workday inside browsers 🖥️.
  • Browsers are no longer just for websites; they’re the front door to SaaS apps and even AI IDEs like Replit.
  • By embedding AI into a browser, Perplexity ensures “stickiness” 📌 — you’ll keep coming back.

Building on top of Chromium (open source) was a smart move 🧠, making migration from Chrome relatively easy.

📥 Getting Comet

I joined the waitlist 📝 as soon as it opened. Currently, Comet is available to Max customers ($200/month 💸) and a limited set of Pro users. Luckily, through Airtel, I got access as a Pro subscriber 🎉.

Installed it on my MacBook 🍎, and ran it side-by-side with Chrome for two weeks.

🔄 Migration from Chrome to Comet

The migration experience was mixed:

  • ✅ Extensions came through (though not all worked perfectly).
  • ✅ Some Chrome settings migrated.
  • ❌ Bookmarks didn’t import properly.
  • ❌ Passwords, sessions, cookies, and profiles were not migrated 🔑.
  • ⚠️ Web3 wallets had to be re-imported manually.

💡 Use Cases

The more I used Comet, the more possibilities I discovered. The simplest one? “Summarize this page for me” 📝.

🛒 Shopping

  • Bigbasket
    • Query: Order toor dal (½kg), guava juice (6), almonds (200g), walnuts (200g), cilantro (100g), carrots (½kg).
    • ✅ Comet found them and added to cart. If multiple options exist, it picks randomly unless you specify (“pick cheapest” 💰).
  • Amazon: Show me all sports-related purchases I made last year 🏏
  • Comparison: Find cheapest price for Sony Bravia 55” TV across Amazon & Flipkart 📺

☁️ SaaS

  • GCP Console: Find logs with errors between 6 PM and 10 PM
  • Firebase: Check if anonymous authentication is enabled 🔐
  • YouTube: Show the videos with most views from my subscriptions in last 30 days ▶️
    • It auto-scrolls, gathers stats 📊, and summarizes.
  • Gmail: Find important unanswered emails ✉️
  • Google Calendar: Schedule a 30-min meeting with <X> tomorrow 📅
  • Google Sheets: Create a pivot table 📈 (took retries, but worked).

🌍 Social

  • X (Twitter): Show me which people I follow are from India 🇮🇳
  • LinkedIn: Make a chart of my posts vs. view counts 📊

🔗 Multi-Tool Workflows

  • Amazon.in → List vegan chocolates 🍫 that deliver in 1 day → Export to Google Sheets
  • Flipkart → Find laptops under ₹50,000 💻 with 16GB RAM → Compare specs → Export to Sheets
  • Swiggy → Find vegan restaurants near Indiranagar 🥗 → Filter for 30-min delivery → Export menu highlights to Sheets
  • The Times → Summarize top 3 EV policy articles this month ⚡🚗 → Export to Google Docs

✅ Pros vs ❌ Cons

Pros
✨ Easy migration (based on Chromium)
✨ AI “superpowers” while browsing
✨ No switching between browser ↔ AI agents
✨ Tab grouping & multi-agent parallelism
✨ Can search across multiple tabs 🔍

Cons
⚠️ Partial/inaccurate outputs (AI issue)
⚠️ Slow on complex websites 🐢
⚠️ Weak compared to Chrome in syncing & performance
⚠️ Doc editing in Google Docs is buggy
⚠️ Not available for mobiles 📱
⚠️ Security risks from prompt injection attacks 🛡️

🏁 Final Thoughts

I love the Comet browser for its AI-driven, agentic capabilities 🤖. After two weeks, I switched my default from Chrome to Comet.

I still keep Chrome as backup 🔙 for extensions and performance, but Comet shines in automation and research workflows 🌟.

Security remains a concern ⚠️ — malicious websites could hijack the AI agent — but as Comet integrates with more tools, its superpowers will only grow stronger 💪.