Perplexity Android App Your AI Answer Engine and Voice Assistant on the Go
Turn your Android into a genius in your pocket—Perplexity’s app gives you instant, cited answers, voice search, and on-screen AI help wherever you go.
The Perplexity Android app brings Perplexity’s AI answer engine, voice assistant, and on-screen tools directly to your phone, so you can ask questions, research, and take actions without sitting at a computer.
Here’s a clear, structured guide to what the app is, how to install it, and everything it can do on Android.
On Android, Perplexity’s main app is called “Perplexity – Ask Anything” on Google Play, published by PerplexityAI.
It’s a mobile version of the Perplexity answer engine that:
Answers questions using real-time web search + large language models (LLMs)
Shows citations so you can verify sources
Supports text, voice, and image-based queries
Integrates with Android features like a system-level assistant and Draw to Search
Analytics sites estimate the app holds around a 4.6★ rating with millions of installs, showing strong adoption among Android users.
Open Google Play Store on your phone.
Search for “Perplexity – Ask Anything”.
Confirm the developer is PerplexityAI.
Tap Install.
Open the app and sign in or create an account (with Google, email, or other options).
You can also jump straight from Perplexity’s website via the “Get the Android App” link, which redirects to the Play listing.
The Android app uses the same answer engine as the web:
It searches the live web, pulls in multiple sources, and synthesizes a clear answer.
Each response includes citations you can tap to open the original pages.
You can ask follow-up questions in the same thread and Perplexity keeps context, just like a chat.
This makes it ideal for quick fact-checks, learning, news, and product research while you’re away from your computer.
Perplexity’s mobile voice mode is one of its most popular features: you talk, it talks back.
On Android, you get:
Tap-to-talk inside the app to ask questions hands-free
Natural, conversational replies that still include sources
Support for multi-step questions (e.g. “Summarize this article, then list pros and cons”)
Perplexity also offers a Perplexity Android Assistant: a system-level layer on top of your phone that can perform actions across apps using large action models.
According to Perplexity’s help center, the Android Assistant can:
Answer questions
Open apps and websites
Send messages or start tasks in other apps
Handle more complex, multi-step flows (like “book a ride,” “create a reminder,” etc.)
This is designed so you don’t have to constantly switch apps—you invoke Perplexity over whatever you’re doing.
A unique Android feature is Draw to Search:
You highlight an area on your screen (image, text, product, etc.).
Perplexity turns that highlight into a query and explains or finds it.
You can ask about images, where to buy products, translate text, and more.
This is handy for things like:
“What is this building?” (highlight a photo)
“What does this Japanese text mean?” (highlight a sign)
“Where can I buy these shoes?” (highlight product images)
The Android app generally mirrors Perplexity’s Focus / search modes, such as:
Web – general web search
Academic / Writing / Math / etc. – specialized retrieval and generation modes
Some users report that certain older Focus controls still appear in the app even after the web UI changed, but functionally the idea is the same: you choose how Perplexity should search or think for a given question.
From Perplexity’s product feature docs:
You can ask Perplexity to generate and edit images across platforms, including mobile.
Pro and enterprise users can use Internal Knowledge Search to search internal files (if their org has it enabled).
The Android app exposes these capabilities through:
File upload (where available) for summarizing or questioning PDFs/text
Image input for analysis or generation
Perplexity also offers Comet: AI Browser & Assistant on Android as a separate app.
Comet:
Integrates the Perplexity assistant directly into a full browser
Lets you use voice mode and get summaries of pages while you browse
Is focused on deep AI-assisted browsing rather than just Q&A
You can use both the Perplexity app for general chat/search and Comet when you want AI built into the browser itself.
The Android app supports free and paid tiers:
Free – limited usage, but full access to the core answer engine.
Pro/Max – higher limits, Deep/Research modes, more powerful models and features (pricing roughly matches the web plans: around $20/month for Pro, higher for Max).
If you subscribe through Google Play:
Billing and taxes are handled by Google, not Perplexity.
To cancel:
Open Google Play → Settings icon → Payments & Subscriptions → Subscriptions → Perplexity – Ask Anything → Cancel subscription.
Deleting your Perplexity account does not cancel the Play Store subscription, so you must cancel it separately.
(If you purchased via the web instead, billing is managed on perplexity.ai rather than through Google.)
On Google Play, the Data safety section for “Perplexity – Ask Anything” describes what categories of data may be collected (such as usage data, diagnostics, and identifiers) and how they’re handled.
A few practical points:
Data handling can vary based on which features you use (e.g., account login, subscriptions, file uploads).
For sensitive work (legal, health, corporate secrets), you should read Perplexity’s full privacy policy and consider whether an Enterprise plan with stricter data controls is appropriate.
Real-time, source-backed answers on your phone
Strong voice experience and hands-free usage
Perplexity Android Assistant and Draw to Search add system-level convenience beyond the browser
Works well with the separate Comet AI browser if you want deeper browsing integration
Some users report that specific Android builds can feel buggy or slow after certain updates, and that Focus controls may lag behind the web interface.
As with any AI tool, it can still make mistakes; you should always double-check important info using the cited sources.
Pin the app to your home screen so you can open it like a personal AI search bar.
Enable voice mode for quick, hands-free questions.
Try Draw to Search next time you’re looking at an unfamiliar image, language, or product on your screen.
If you’re a heavy user, consider upgrading to Pro through the web or Play Store to unlock more Research usage and stronger models.
The Perplexity Android app turns your phone into a portable, citation-rich research assistant. With real-time web answers, voice mode, the Android Assistant, and Draw to Search, it fits naturally into everyday browsing, messaging, and studying. As long as you manage your Play Store subscription carefully and keep an eye on privacy, it’s one of the strongest AI companions available on Android right now.
