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A browser for agentic search by Perplexity.
Comet Browser is an AI-native browser created by the team over at Perplexity, who has been shaking up the search space. The main differentiator with Comet is that their Comet Assistant is at the core, which gives us a taste of what's coming with the coined term "Agentic Browsing". All that really means is that the assistant not only searches with more context and interacts with your tabs, but it actually clicks around the web for you.
Out of all the AI browsers, I trust Comet the most for deep research where I actually need factual information. The reason is because Comet is the most connected to the internet and it gives you clear citations of where it gets it's information from (while ChatGPT can make things up sometimes). So if I am looking for facts, data, sources, I always open up Comet.
Not to mention, I love Comet's Android browser. I can actually use the AI Assistant on mobile, it can look for promo codes (so I can finally shop on my phone), and agent mode works on the phone too 🤯 It has immediately become my main browser on my phone. It's not available for iOS yet, only Android.
Comet Browser’s agent mode is completely free, unlike other AI browsers where you need to be on a paid plan to unlock agent capabilities so even if it doesn't become your one and only browser, it's incredibly handy to have on your devices (click here to grab it).
Comet's built-in assistant is what sets it apart from all the best browsers we've covered. It handles the new table-stakes well, with Perplexity at the core, so all the usual search and research functionality is handled.
It can also interact with open tabs, allowing you to essentially target your search and research to a more specific dataset to what you're looking into. But Dia can do this as well, so it's not particularly standout in a browser.
But what does set it apart is Comet gives us the first actual glance at what this coveted "Agentic Browsing" experience actually is, in a non-technical, actually user-friendly way.
What does this mean? Well it can connect into your calendar and email to tell you about important emails (cool, like Google Assistant, right?), but most impressively it can even navigate the web for you.
I'm saying that you can ask it to do things, and it will actually navigate around the page your on, open new pages when needed, and take action as if it's a human you're asking to do something for you.
With all of that said, moving into the browser space is incredibly difficult, but there is something incredibly interesting about this new wave of AI browsers, and we're totally here for the browser space to finally evolve.
Opera Browser is fully-featured for privacy, security, and everything you do online.
Opera has managed to stay about as relevant in the browser space as Firefox, which is just a tad bit behind that of Microsoft Edge.
Interestingly enough, unlike most other major browsers on the market, Opera is actually a publicly traded company with about a $1B market cap. This is particularly interesting because it means that they need to focus on growing revenue as they have investors.
In their attempt to stay relevant, they have copied many features from the more modern browsers on the market like Arc Browser (e.g. Spaces and Folders).
Opera has been called out a bit lately for being owned by a Chinese company, and for making most of its revenue from Ads, meaning they very well are tracking, storing, and selling details about how you're using the browser.
While tempting and seemingly impressive, there's just something in the heavy influencer marketing push and security concerns that make us have a bit of pause in actually using Opera as our daily driver.
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