December 2025: Model Deprecation, Media Classifier, Search API Enhancements

Model Deprecation: sonar-reasoning Removed — As of December 15, 2025, sonar-reasoning has been deprecated. Migrate to sonar-reasoning-pro.

New: Media Classifier — Automatically detects when queries would benefit from visual content and includes relevant images or videos. Available exclusively with sonar-pro. Configurable control to enable/disable and override media types.

Search API Enhancements:

• New max_tokens parameter: Control maximum tokens extracted per page
• last_updated_filter support: Filter results by when content was last updated
• Vercel AI SDK Support: Search API now compatible with the Vercel AI SDK

Community Showcase: Perplexity Client — Electron-based desktop application with advanced API parameter controls.