Compatibility record
Does Perplexity support Live web search?
Supported
Perplexity combines live web search with uploaded or connected internal knowledge in supported search workflows.
Last verified2026-07-27
Confidencehigh
Primary sources1
What this state means
Supported, with the qualification kept attached.
Perplexity has primary evidence for live web search on the reviewed product surface. Plan and platform availability may still change.
Capability definition
Retrieves current public-web information during a session rather than relying only on model training data.
Scope boundary
URL fetching and indexed search are recorded separately from autonomous visual browser interaction.
Evidence
Primary records behind the answer.
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What is Internal Knowledge Search
“Search across internal files alongside the web.”