OpenAI has expanded the capabilities of its ChatGPT app for macOS, including help for Apple Notes and a variety of well-liked third-party apps. The replace builds on final month’s launch that launched the flexibility to learn on-screen content material from choose Mac apps.
This enlargement ought to broaden ChatGPT’s utility for each informal customers and builders utilizing macOS, because the AI assistant can now work together with content material in Apple Notes, Notion, and Quip, alongside quite a few growth environments together with BBEdit, Android Studio, and numerous JetBrains IDEs.
For builders, the replace additionally provides help for added IDEs together with VSCode forks (VSCodium, Cursor, WindSurf) and terminal apps like Immediate and Warp. The AI can analyze code from a number of apps concurrently, providing ideas for enhancements with out handbook copy-pasting.
OpenAI says that customers keep full management over which apps ChatGPT can entry, and all knowledge dealing with follows the identical OpenAI privateness protocols because the app’s common dialog historical past. The expanded app integration characteristic stays unique to paid subscribers, together with ChatGPT Plus, Professional, Staff, Enterprise, and Edu customers.
To get ChatGPT working with apps, allow the Work with Apps possibility in ChatGPT ➝ Settings and permit the mandatory permissions through Handle Apps. Then you may entry ChatGPT inside supported apps within the following manner:
With ChatGPT open, open a supported app (reminiscent of Apple Notes).
Press Possibility + Shift + 1 to invoke the ChatGPT bar.
Sort queries or use superior voice mode for hands-free interplay.
The superior voice mode is particularly helpful on this context, because it lets you converse handsfree to ChatGPT and get ideas or modifications to your on-screen content material. OpenAI lately demonstrated the characteristic utilizing a vacation get together planning situation, the place ChatGPT offered music suggestions and get together concepts utilizing a Santa voice persona.
The ChatGPT app for macOS is accessible for obtain from OpenAI’s web site.
