Perplexity adds ongoing AI work agents to its Mac app for Max subscribers

Perplexity’s pitch is to give AI a standing responsibility, not keep feeding it prompts. On November 13, 2026, the company brought its Teammates agents to the Mac app for Max subscribers. The concrete change is desktop access to a system designed to plan ongoing work and bring in other agents as assignments grow.

This is a platform rollout, not Teammates’ first release. The feature was already available on iOS and the web. In a November 5 post, Aravind Srinivas said web access was rolling out to Max users and that native mobile and desktop apps would follow. The Mac announcement delivers the desktop part of that plan.

Perplexity describes Teammates as agents that take responsibility for continuing assignments. Rather than asking the user to direct every step, a teammate plans the tasks, brings in additional agents when the workload grows, and follows through until the result is ready for review. The company’s examples span several kinds of recurring work:

• Manage a growth campaign as an ongoing responsibility.
• Sort incoming bug reports as they arrive.
• Keep track of metrics over time.
• Research a new market.

The intended handoff is a completed result, not just another answer in a conversation. Perplexity says the agents work in the background and notify the user when the work is done and a report is ready. That is the company’s description of the workflow, rather than a measured result from a product test.

Teammates are now available in the Perplexity Mac app for Max subscribers. Teammates take on work for you. They work individually or with other teammates to handle QA, customer service, research, growth marketing, and more.

Perplexity, November 13 announcement quoted by 9to5Mac

A Mac app does not mean the agents need an open laptop to keep working. Digital Trends describes Teammates as running their own cloud computing instances, allowing tasks to continue after the user closes the computer. The desktop client is therefore an access point for work that can outlast the user’s time at the keyboard.

Access currently requires Perplexity Max, which costs $200 per month. Users on cheaper subscription tiers do not get Teammates through this rollout. For existing Max subscribers, the immediate change is where they can use the feature; for everyone else, the subscription requirement remains the barrier to entry.