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ChatGPT's Android App Finally Launches

The Android-based app for the popular chatbot is now live in the US, India, Bangladesh, and Brazil. The software also supports voice input.

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After targeting the iPhone crowd, OpenAI has finally launched a ChatGPT app for Android.

After teasing it last week, the company’s ChatGPT app went live today on the Google Play Store. For now, the Android app is only available for users in the US, India, Bangladesh, and Brazil. But OpenAI plans on rolling out access to more countries in the coming days.

The app is free and syncs with activity on the web-based ChatGPT, allowing you to view your chat history. In addition, you can clear your chat history and opt out from OpenAI using your data for training purposes in the app’s data controls tab

Like the iOS version, the Android app offers voice input. Simply tap the microphone icon next to the text prompt to say your request. When you’re done talking, tap the app again, and it’ll stop recording and transcribe your words into text. 

For now, it looks like the Android app only supports access to the GPT-3.5 model, not the latest GPT-4 algorithm. The paid ChatGPT Plus is currently listed as a feature that’s coming soon. 

The Android app could help bring even more users to ChatGPT, which has started to see stagnating user traffic in recent weeks after several months of skyrocketing growth. OpenAI has also had to fight off accusations that ChatGPT has gotten dumber. To make the technology more appealing, the company recently introduced a new “custom instructions” feature for ChatGPT Plus, which can help personalize the responses from ChatGPT even more. 

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I've been a journalist for over 15 years. I got my start as a schools and cities reporter in Kansas City and joined PCMag in 2017, where I cover satellite internet services, cybersecurity, PC hardware, and more. I'm currently based in San Francisco, but previously spent over five years in China, covering the country's technology sector.

Since 2020, I've covered the launch and explosive growth of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, writing 600+ stories on availability and feature launches, but also the regulatory battles over the expansion of satellite constellations, fights with rival providers like AST SpaceMobile and Amazon, and the effort to expand into satellite-based mobile service. I've combed through FCC filings for the latest news and driven to remote corners of California to test Starlink's cellular service.

I also cover cyber threats, from ransomware gangs to the emergence of AI-based malware. In 2024 and 2025, the FTC forced Avast to pay consumers $16.5 million for secretly harvesting and selling their personal information to third-party clients, as revealed in my joint investigation with Motherboard.

I also cover the PC graphics card market. Pandemic-era shortages led me to camp out in front of a Best Buy to get an RTX 3000. I'm now following how the AI-driven memory shortage is impacting the entire consumer electronics market. I'm always eager to learn more, so please jump in the comments with feedback and send me tips.

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  • The iPod Video I received as a gift in college
  • Xbox 360 FTW
  • The Galaxy Nexus was the first smartphone I was proud to own.
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