The newest replace for the Perplexity app for macOS introduces a brand new characteristic permitting customers to seize screenshots natively from completely different screens or apps. The captured space is distributed on to the context window of the immediate as an attachment. An identical characteristic is offered within the ChatGPT desktop app, however Perplexity has an added benefit: it permits customers to manually choose an space, making it particularly handy.
Earlier this month, Perplexity launched a snap-to-shop characteristic for its cell apps. This characteristic lets customers take an image of an object, and Perplexity shortly finds alternatives to buy related gadgets on-line via its procuring performance. The brand new desktop app replace enhances this characteristic, enabling customers to take a screenshot of an merchandise on their display and ask Perplexity to search out related merchandise on-line.
Along with these updates, Perplexity is engaged on new widgets. One will assist Crunchbase and is predicted to cater to enterprise prospects. One other widget targeted on charity, will probably be launched later and can permit customers to make donations immediately from Perplexity’s search outcomes. These widgets are anticipated to look when customers seek for particular charity organizations.
Lastly, there’s an ongoing dialogue inside Perplexity about making a low-cost {hardware} machine for interacting with AI by way of a voice interface. If this concept good points traction on social media, it’s probably Perplexity will transfer ahead with the event of such a product.
