Perplexity isn’t just a place to type questions and get answers.
With Perplexity AI Discover, it also works as a personal news and knowledge hub that updates all day with stories, explanations, and trending questions tailored to what you care about.
Think of Discover as an AI-edited magazine that lives right next to the main Perplexity search box.
Perplexity AI Discover is a scrollable feed inside Perplexity that shows:
Breaking news and daily headlines
Summaries of important articles and reports
Interesting facts, explainers, and “why is this happening?” stories
Popular questions other people are asking on Perplexity
Instead of you asking first, Discover proactively surfaces things it thinks you’ll find useful or interesting.
The feed is organized into tabs such as:
Top / For You
Tech & Science
Finance
Arts & Culture
Sports
Entertainment
So you can treat it like a home-page news app, not just a search engine.
When you open the Discover tab:
Perplexity scans fresh, real-time information from across the web.
The AI turns that into short summaries and explainers instead of just a headline and link.
Each card in the feed includes citations and links to original sources so you can click through if you want the full article.
Over time, Discover learns from:
Topics you select as interests
The content you open or save
Your language preference
The result is a feed that feels like:
“Your interests. Your language. Your feed—personalized.”
Instead of one chaotic list, Discover lets you jump between focused tabs:
Top / For You – a mix of the biggest stories plus things tailored to your interests
Tech & Science – AI breakthroughs, space, gadgets, research updates
Arts & Culture – film, music, books, trends
Sports – big games, transfers, tournament updates
Entertainment – celebrities, streaming, internet culture
This makes it feel more like a mini news app than just a search sidebar.
You can customize Discover by:
Choosing topics you care about (e.g., “AI & tech”, “health”, “finance”)
Setting your preferred content language
Once you do that, Discover prioritizes stories from those domains and hides a lot of noise.
Every card in Discover is AI-generated, but grounded in real sources:
Short, clear text summarizing what happened and why it matters
A list of source links (articles, reports, blogs) underneath
Often, related questions you can tap to open a full Perplexity answer page
This is more than just aggregation—it’s AI-edited news, with transparent sourcing so you can double-check anything important.
On mobile and some desktop views, certain Discover items include text-to-speech:
Tap the audio icon and Perplexity reads the summary to you.
Great for hands-free news while you’re commuting or multitasking.
Some reviewers compare this to having a “mini podcast” built right into your news feed.
Discover isn’t isolated from the rest of Perplexity:
Interesting cards often link to full answer pages or community Spaces with deeper dives.
You can save items or open them in a new thread to ask follow-up questions like:
“Explain this like I’m 15.”
“How does this affect small businesses or students?”
So Discover becomes a starting point for bigger research sessions.
Use Discover as your morning or evening briefing:
Open the Top / For You tab.
Skim 10–20 summaries across your favorite categories.
Tap into anything that looks important and read the full sources.
This is especially handy if you care about tech, AI, finance, or science and want a bias-reduced, citation-backed view.
Discover will often show explainers like:
“How new AI regulation works in the EU”
“What this new physics result actually means”
These are perfect when you don’t know exactly what to ask, but still want to learn about a field. Over time, Discover nudges you into adjacent topics you might never have searched for yourself.
If your work or studies revolve around a domain—like:
Software development
AI and machine learning
Finance & investing
Health & medicine
You can set those as interests and use Discover as a specialized trade feed, pulling in updates from multiple outlets in one place.
Open Perplexity
Go to perplexity.ai and sign in (or use guest mode).
Click the “Discover” Tab
On web and mobile, it’s usually on the left sidebar / bottom navigation.
Customize Your Interests
Look for “Make it yours” or similar panel.
Choose categories like Tech & Science, Finance, Arts & Culture, Sports, Entertainment.
Scroll & Explore
Start with Top / For You, then check individual category tabs.
Tap any card for the full story, sources, and related questions.
Save or Deep-Dive
Save items you want to revisit.
Open them in a new chat and ask follow-up questions for more context.
Use Audio (If Available)
When you see the audio icon, tap it to listen instead of read.
Get full access to the Discover feed, categories, and most summaries.
Perplexity Pro / Max
May get more personalization, audio playback on more stories, and deeper integration with advanced features like Pro Search and Deep Research when you open a Discover item.
Even on the free plan, Discover is already a solid replacement or companion to things like Google Discover or Apple News for many users.
Personalized but transparent – tailored feed with clear source links.
Less clickbait, more substance – AI focuses on explaining, not sensational headlines.
Great for curious learners – surfaces topics you wouldn’t think to search.
Integrated with search & Spaces – one tap from news → deep research.
The feed can still be hit-or-miss or update less frequently for some users.
Personalization controls are still fairly basic; heavy news junkies may want more filters.
As with all AI-generated summaries, you should check original sources for anything critical or sensitive.
Use Perplexity AI Discover when you want:
A quick daily briefing without bouncing between sites
A way to stay on top of tech, AI, finance, science, or culture
Inspiration for what to research next inside Perplexity
A calmer, more source-transparent alternative to algorithmic news feeds
Combined with Perplexity’s main search and Deep Research tools, Discover turns the app from just “something you query” into a place you can hang out, scroll, and continuously learn—even when you’re not sure what your next question should be.
