Perplexity is preparing a Digest feature that currently sits hidden inside the UI and carries an internal marker, with code references likely tying it to "context," another piece of functionality being readied for Perplexity Computer. The pairing suggests Digest is meant to sit on top of a richer context layer that lets users shape how their computing environment is represented to the agent, rather than functioning as a standalone summary widget.
Based on how the references behave, Digest looks like something users would receive on a recurring, likely daily basis, drawing from the full set of connectors plumbed into Perplexity Computer and condensing what's relevant before the day starts. That could include compressed updates from messengers and inboxes, where reading through individual threads remains one of the most time-consuming parts of returning to a desk. Whether it surfaces as a card feed, an email-style brief, or a chat-rendered summary is not yet clear from the build.
Commercial framing is the other open question. ChatGPT Pulse, the closest analog, is a Pro-only briefing that runs background research on connected apps, and OpenAI's reasoning was partly that overnight compute is costly to run at quality. Perplexity could mirror that by gating Digest behind Max, where Computer already lives at the $200 tier, or it could meter the feature against Computer's existing usage allotment so that frequent digests draw from the same budget as long-running agent jobs.
Strategically, Digest fits Perplexity's always-on Computer platform. Computer already advertises scheduled execution, persistent memory, and hundreds of OAuth connectors, and a morning brief is the natural consumer-facing surface for that infrastructure to occupy.
