ChatGPT is finally coming to mobile apps, and will be available first on Apple’s iOS.
OpenAI today published an official ChatGPT app on Apple's App Store, fulfilling one of the biggest user demands the company has seen since launching the popular chatbot program.
“The ChatGPT app is free to use and syncs your history across devices. It also integrates Whisper, our open-source speech-recognition system, enabling voice input,” the San Francisco-based lab wrote in a blog post.
The app offers access to OpenAI’s newest large language model, GPT-4, to those who subscribe to the $20-per-month ChatGPT Plus. Access to the iOS app will first roll out in the US before expanding to other markets.
“We’re eager to see how you use the app. As we gather user feedback, we’re committed to continuous feature and safety improvements for ChatGPT,” the company added.
The app promises to attract even more users to the chatbot program, which has taken the world by storm. In April, the AI program received more worldwide traffic than bing.com, nytimes.com and cnn.com, although its growth has slowed, according to internet traffic provider SimilarWeb.
Google remains the dominant search provider. But in OpenAI’s announcement, it noted that ChatGPT can beat traditional search engines in at least one way. “Get precise information without sifting through ads or multiple results,” it said.
OpenAI is preparing to launch a ChatGPT app for Android "soon," but no date was announced. In the meantime, Android users can access ChatGPT on OpenAI’s website, or through Microsoft’s mobile apps, which also offer access to a ChatGPT-powered Bing AI program.