Perplexity - AI Search

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Perplexity - AI Search Extension for Chrome

"Perplexity - AI Search" is a Chrome extension that sets Perplexity as your default search engine. It enables you to perform lightning-fast searches and provides precise answers with transparent sourcing, all from your browser's URL box, enhancing your search experience seamlessly.

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Extension stats

By: Perplexity AI

Users: 200,000+

Rating: 3.73

(139)

0.02

Version: 1.0.9 (Last updated: 2024-11-15)

Creation date: 2023-06-21

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Overrides search engine: Yes

Overrides home page: Yes

Permissions:

Host permissions:

https://www.perplexity.ai/*

Size: 7.13K

Email: su*****@perplexity.ai

Ranking

# 1,495 ▲ 13

Other rankings

#10432 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 5 #4 in default search keyword 20 #66 in google search keyword 36 #112 in search box keyword 16 ▼ 21 #189 in search keyword 47

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Set Perplexity as your default search engine in Chrome.

This extension will allow you to search with Perplexity from your browser URL box. Experience lightning-fast searches, precise answers, and transparent sourcing.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Excellent research tool and path to knowledge.
Provides complex answers with minimal censorship.
Highly useful for information and transparency.

Cons

Takes control of browser startup settings, causing loss of previously open tabs.
Does not replace Google as default search engine as expected for some users.
Some users report it has no effect on their searches.

Most mentioned

The extension changes browser startup settings leading to lost tabs.
Users want control over search settings without losing their homepage.
Many appreciate the functionality of the tool but dislike the aggressive permissions.

User reviews

mostafa mirforoughi, 2025-01-19

It works perfectly but is completely unusable because it controls your browser start-up settings and prevents your previous browser tabs from being restored upon opening the browser. It's such an unnecessarily aggressive use of permissions and it's both dumb and uncomfortable. You're killing the desire to use the app as most people tech savvy enough to install a browser plugin would be also be tech savvy enough to have their browser restore their previous session.

Jason Quinn, 2025-01-18

Great idea, but it kills my previous session, so when I open the browser all my tabs are gone. I really don't want to go into my history and have to restore each time I open Chrome.