ChatGPT's mobile app adds voice-based agentic features
Pro and Plus subscribers will be able to use a new Work tab through voice commands on their phones.
OpenAI is rolling out voice-based agentic features to the ChatGPT mobile app, allowing certain subscribers to interact with a new Work tab using spoken commands.
The feature will be available to Pro and Plus users, according to the update, extending agentic capabilities, meaning the ability of the assistant to carry out multi-step tasks on a user's behalf, into a voice interface designed for use on phones.
Agentic features have become a major focus for AI companies over the past year, as firms compete to move their assistants beyond simple question-and-answer interactions toward tools capable of completing more complex workflows with less direct supervision from the user.
Bringing agentic tools to voice
Adding a voice interface to the Work tab suggests OpenAI is aiming to make agentic features more accessible in situations where typing is inconvenient, such as while multitasking or away from a keyboard.
The rollout to Pro and Plus subscribers indicates the feature is initially being positioned for paying users rather than the free tier of the ChatGPT app, consistent with the company's general pattern of introducing newer capabilities to premium subscribers first.
Further details on the full scope of tasks supported through the voice-based Work tab were not included in the available information.
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- ChatGPT mobile app gets voice-based agentic features — TechCrunch
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