After Bharti Airtel announced a year of free Perplexity Pro for eligible users in India, the app quickly surpassed ChatGPT, becoming the most downloaded free app on iOS.
Not just a chatbot, Perplexity positiones itself as an AI search engine, synthesizing information from the internet and presenting it in an easy-to-understand way, supporting many powerful language models such as GPT-4.1, Claude 4.0 Sonnet and Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Here are 5 outstanding features of Perplexity Pro that users should explore:
1. In-depth search
No longer limited to the free version, Pro users can experience Pro Search, allowing them to choose between many premium AI models. If the results are not satisfactory, users can switch to Sonar, a model developed by Perplexity itself.
2. Advanced theoretical model
With complex questions that require analytical capabilities, Perplexity Pro will automatically combine AI models such as o3 ( OpenAI), Claude 4.0 Sonnet, Grok 4 (xAI) and DeepSeek R1 to provide accurate, logical and in-depth answers.
3. Labs Laborator
Labs is a "secret weapon" of Perplexity Pro, supporting the creation of spreadsheets, charts, and web applications in a short time. Labs has the ability to automatically monitor work, execute code, and even create images, which is very useful for technicians and programmers.
4. Strong file analysis
Users can upload multiple file formats such as PDF, CSV, images, audio, and videos for analysis. This feature is supported by GPT-4 Omni and Claude 4.0, which helps process data similar to ChatGPT and Gemini Premium.
5. Create images with AI
Perplexity Pro allows creating and reproducing images with just instructions. Even though there is no photo editing option, users can recycle unlimited photos (within a range of 150 photos/month with GPT Image 1). Supported models include DALL;E 3, FLUX.1 and Gemini 2.0 Flash.
With these powerful improvements, Perplexity Pro is becoming an attractive choice for users looking for integrated AI tools, not only to ask questions but also to comprehensively support learning, work and creativity.
