Perplexity Computer adds a slider to trade speed for depth

Your move: Web only for now, mobile is coming

Perplexity Computer now has an effort slider with four settings: Light, Standard, High, and Ultra. Each setting picks a different orchestrator model and how deeply it reasons before acting and delegating work to other models. Lighter settings use cheaper models and cost less, so spending tracks the setting picked and the work actually done. People who want more control can still pick a specific model and reasoning level by hand. It's live on the web now, with Android and iOS support planned but not dated yet.

Why it matters

This gives anyone running a lot of Computer tasks an easy way to control cost and speed without having to know which underlying model fits a given job. It's a small usability change rather than a new capability, so there's nothing urgent to act on, just a setting worth knowing about next time you're running a task and want to save credits or get a faster answer.

Source: Perplexity Blog ↗

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