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August 13, 2026

Perplexity Improves Search With Smarter Media Results

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Perplexity's search results now automatically include the best mix of images and videos for your query.

Perplexity

Perplexity

The app now intelligently chooses to show images, videos, or both in your search results based on what you ask for.

This means your search results will be more helpful and visual. For example, if you ask for a recipe, Perplexity might show a video, but if you ask about a landmark, it might show images. You don't have to do anything; it works automatically. Kimi K2.7 Code — perplexity/kimi-k2.7-code , Moonshot AI’s coding and agentic model. | Grok 4.3 and the Grok 4.20 family — xai/grok-4.3 , xai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning , and xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent . | Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Kimi K2.7 Code — perplexity/kimi-k2.7-code , Moonshot AI’s coding and agentic model. Grok 4.3 and the Grok 4.20 family — xai/grok-4.3 , xai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning , and xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent . Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type The app now shows smarter media in results. Kimi K2.7 Code — perplexity/kimi-k2.7-code , Moonshot AI’s coding and agentic model. Kimi K2.7 Code —… Grok 4.3…

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