Perplexity has moved the voice mode in its Mac app onto OpenAI's gpt-live-1, with the same upgrade on the web.
It is open to all Pro and Max subscribers from 28 October 2026.
One voice session can now run several Computer sessions, start new tasks and manage Projects.
About Perplexity
Perplexity launched its search engine on 7 December 2022, four months after it was founded, and later added iPhone and Android apps and a Chrome extension. In July 2025 it launched Comet, an AI browser built on Chromium, and on 12 August 2025 it bid $34.5 billion to buy Chrome from Google. By September 2025 it was valued at $20 billion.
Its 6 March 2026 changelog brought Voice Mode to Perplexity Computer on the web, powered by the same voice technology as Comet.
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OpenAI unveiled the model earlier this year; it keeps listening while it speaks.
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