Perplexity upgrades Research reports and adds scheduled searches

Perplexity shipped a meaty update on June 13, 2026, and most of it is aimed at people who use the tool for real work rather than casual questions. The headline change is a rebuilt Research mode, but the sleeper feature for busy owners is scheduled, recurring reports.

Research mode gets the Labs treatment

Perplexity's Research mode now borrows capabilities that were previously exclusive to its Labs product. When you ask for a deep dive on a topic, the tool can now browse the web, generate charts and images, pull in relevant media, and organize the whole thing with smarter orchestration behind the scenes. The end result reads less like a wall of text and more like a short report a junior analyst might hand you, complete with tables and visuals.

The writing style has also been tuned to be more approachable, which matters if you plan to share the output with a client or a team member who does not want to wade through dense prose.

Set it and forget it

The other big addition: Pro and Enterprise users can now automate any recurring search or research report on a daily, weekly, monthly, or annual schedule, or queue up a one-time request for later. Think of it as a standing order for information. A weekly digest of competitor news, a monthly summary of reviews mentioning your product category, a daily check on supplier pricing trends, all delivered without you remembering to ask.

The feature rolled out gradually over the weeks following the announcement, so if you did not see it right away, it should be there now.

Smaller quality-of-life touches

The same release sped up voice playback on mobile (up to 2x on iOS and Android), improved the Discover feed with a summary-first layout, and gave Perplexity Finance the ability to lay out both the bullish and bearish case on contentious company questions. Spaces, Perplexity's shared workspaces, now suggest example questions based on each Space's topic and instructions.

Why it matters for small business

Most small businesses do not have anyone whose job is "keep an eye on the market." Scheduled research reports effectively give you that person for the price of a Pro subscription. Pick two or three questions you would love answered every Monday morning, set them up once, and treat the results like a briefing. The upgraded Research mode also means the reports you get are presentable enough to drop into a client update or an internal planning doc without an hour of reformatting.