Perplexity has evolved into a powerhouse for thinkers, builders, and learners. It’s no longer just an answer engine—it’s an intelligent co‑pilot that blends real‑time research, reasoning, and creativity. The 2025 update brings deeper reasoning models, better collaboration, and unified project tools that make it capable of replacing half your research stack.
Perplexity is like your AI‑powered Swiss Army Knife—ready to slice through noise and surface the insight that matters. It summarizes, explores, and creates with the precision of a researcher and the curiosity of a human tinkerer.
Key Features
Smart Answering
Ask anything—from simple facts to multi‑part research queries. Perplexity pulls live, cited data from across the web and synthesizes it using top models like GPT‑5, Claude 4.5 Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and Sonar Large (LLaMA 3.1). It handles writing, coding, summarizing documents, or even generating visuals—from one seamless interface.
Deep Exploration with Copilot
Copilot is now built into every Pro Search. It doesn’t just answer—it guides. You can interact with multiple reasoning models, refine directions mid‑search, and trigger deeper “thinking cycles” powered by OpenAI o3‑Pro and Claude Opus 4.
Personal Libraries and Collections
Threads can be grouped into Collections by theme or project. The 2025 update adds nested Folders, live links, and multi‑user editing—turning your research into a shareable workspace that syncs across devices automatically.
Interacting with Your Data
Perplexity now supports querying across uploaded files such as PDFs, CSVs, videos, and audio notes. It uses hybrid AI models for extraction and reasoning, letting you compare, summarize, or cross‑reference files on the fly.
Labs (Automate Tasks in Minutes)
Labs is the hidden gem. It lets you build dashboards, run Python code, generate charts, or even deploy mini‑apps. It’s powered by self‑supervised AI that can perform complex operations like data cleaning or presentation generation in minutes.
Image and Video Generation
Use Playground AI to visualize up to 50 creations a day with models like DALL‑E 3, SDXL 1.0, GPT Image 1, and Flux. Limited video generation is now available for Pro users through Labs workflows.
Pro Search vs. Quick Search
| Type | Description |
|---|
| Quick Search | Delivers concise answers instantly—perfect for lightweight queries or simple lookups. |
| Pro Search | Invokes advanced models, 3× more sources, and multi‑step reasoning cycles for deeper, cited insights. It supports “Best‑mode” auto‑model selection to find the most precise answers. |
Pro users enjoy unlimited Quick and Pro Searches with file, image, and API integrations.
Tips for Peak Performance
- Search Smart: Upload data or use structured prompts to give context—Perplexity tailors reasoning depth around input richness.
- Personalize Everything: Save AI preferences, language tone, and reasoning depth via AI Profile for a consistent persona experience.
- Collaborate Effortlessly: Create shared Collections and invite collaborators to research or build together in real time.
- Leverage Labs: Build quick prototypes, analyze datasets, or automate routine writing without leaving Perplexity.
