Perplexity Computer Now Runs Fully On-Device on Mac

Perplexity's Computer product now runs fully locally on Apple Silicon Macs, with both the model (a post-trained Qwen 3.8 variant, PPLX Pro) and agent on-device, available to Pro, Max and Enterprise users and recommended for Macs with 36GB of RAM.

2026-10-20 ~ 2026-10-21 · 4 related posts

• Perplexity Computer now runs fully local on Mac, model and agent on-device — perplexity_ai · 2026-10-20
• Perplexity details local mode: post-trained Qwen 3.8, no Computer credits used — perplexity_ai · 2026-10-20
• Perplexity local mode live for Pro/Max/Enterprise, 36 GB memory advised — perplexity_ai · 2026-10-20
• Perplexity brings fully local AI workflows to Macs with 36GB+ RAM — AravSrinivas · 2026-10-21