India, July 11 -- Just days after launching Comet, an AI-powered browser aimed at rethinking how people search the web, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas has called out Android's long-standing practice of defaulting to Google Chrome.

In a pair of posts on X (formerly Twitter), Srinivas criticised what he described as Chrome being "forced" as the default browser on Android devices. Instead, he argued, users should be given a choice during device setup, with visible alternatives such as Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and his company's new entrant, Comet.

Srinivas even shared a mock-up of what this user choice screen could look like, evoking comparisons with the European Commission's mandated browser ballot that was introduced years ago on ...