# TestingCatalog — Perplexity prepares Hybrid mode for Computer on Mac

- Company: TestingCatalog (testingcatalog.com)
- Announced: 2026-08-31T08:48:58+00:00
- Category: capability-change
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://www.testingcatalog.com/perplexity-prepares-hybrid-mode-for-computer-on-mac/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/8899-perplexity-prepares-hybrid-mode-for-computer-on-mac
- Subject: AI models / agents / unreleased features
- Models affected: Perplexity model, Qwen 32B, Gemma-based model

Perplexity is preparing a Hybrid Mode for its Computer product on Mac, enabling cloud orchestration while delegating suitable subtasks to a locally running model. The mode includes a Privacy Gate feature that inspects data before cloud transmission. Three downloadable local models are being prepared: a Perplexity model (~19 GB), a Qwen 32B model (~17.4 GB), and a Gemma-based model (~5.6 GB).

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://www.testingcatalog.com/perplexity-prepares-hybrid-mode-for-computer-on-mac/:

> Perplexity is preparing to bring local inference to a much wider group of Mac users through a new Hybrid Mode for Perplexity Computer.

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