Perplexity adds effort presets to Computer's model selector

Perplexity has added effort presets to Computer, so one choice covers two settings. In its announcement, the company says the new effort presets in Computer's model selector combine the orchestrator model with a reasoning depth, controlling how deeply and how efficiently Computer works through a task. Users pick a level of effort, and that choice sets both the model that runs the task and how much it reasons.

The post says the presets are available now on the web, with mobile and desktop coming soon. It does not name the presets or say which models or reasoning settings each one uses. The demo video attached to the post could not be transcribed, so those details may only appear on screen and are not covered here.