Perplexity's iOS app will get an AI voice assistant

Perplexity has rolled out an replace for its iOS app, giving iPhone customers entry to its AI voice assistant that was initially launched for Android customers earlier this 12 months. Its voice assistant can carry out duties for the consumer by shopping the online or accessing different apps for them. In the event that they ask the assistant to search out them a desk for a selected restaurant, as an illustration, Perplexity can launch the OpenTable app with the variety of folks, the date and the time already crammed out. The consumer nonetheless has to carry out the ultimate motion and e-book a reservation, but it surely’s already laid out for them — all they need to do is click on the button.

Customers may also ask the assistant to draft emails for them for particular contacts, which they will need to ship themselves, and create reminders for them on the calendar. They will ask it to advocate them spots they might go to, resembling eating places serving meals they need to eat, and Perplexity will mark places on the map. In fact, they’ll ask the assistant to do net searches for them, resembling discovering particular movies that Perplexity can open on the YouTube app.

As The Verge notes, Perplexity’s voice assistant works on older iPhones, not like Apple Intelligence that solely works on the corporate’s more moderen fashions. The iOS assistant additionally would not have the potential to take a look at the world for the consumer and inform them what they’re seeing but, although the function is already obtainable on Android and will make its strategy to iPhones sooner or later.

Introducing Perplexity iOS Voice Assistant

Voice Assistant makes use of net shopping and multi-app actions to e-book reservations, ship emails and calendar invitations, play media, and extra—all from the Perplexity iOS app.

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