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OpenAI brings ChatGPT Voice to the desktop app
OpenAI has added ChatGPT Voice to its desktop app, letting users direct AI agents and computer tasks by voice, powered by its new ChatGPT-Live models.
OpenAI said Thursday it has updated its ChatGPT desktop app to support ChatGPT Voice, letting users talk to the app to direct AI agents and carry out tasks on their computer. The feature runs on ChatGPT-Live, OpenAI’s new family of voice models that it launched earlier this month.
OpenAI said ChatGPT Voice works with both ChatGPT Work and Codex, and can also tap computer-use skills to look up websites and apps. On macOS, a feature called Appshots lets the app access what is on a user’s screen, including alt-text.
At launch, the smartphone version of ChatGPT Voice offered smoother conversations with better interruption handling, but it was not built to take action on phones. Thursday’s desktop update is more capable: it lets users dictate complex, multi-step commands and respond when ChatGPT needs further input.
In a demo video, OpenAI showed a developer asking ChatGPT to create a new thread, open a pull request, and find the root cause of a bug, all with a single spoken command. The company said users can also access ChatGPT Voice inside Codex from the iOS app through remote access.
The update lands as rivals push further into voice-driven, agentic interfaces: Anthropic has also updated its voice mode for Claude, tapping its Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku models to complete tasks in apps such as Gmail, Calendar, Slack, Notion, and Canva.
Why it matters
The update pushes OpenAI deeper into voice-driven, agentic computer control just as Anthropic expands Claude’s own voice mode across productivity apps — a sign voice is becoming the primary interface for AI agents, not just a chat feature.