OpenAI releases an official ChatGPT app for iOS

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ChatGPT is going mobile. Today, OpenAI Announced the launch of a official iOS app that allows users to access its popular AI chatbot on the go, months after the App Store was filled with dubious, unofficial services. The new ChatGPT app will be free to use, ad-free and will allow voice input, the company says, but will initially be limited to US users at launch.

Like its desktop counterpart, the ChatGPT app allows users to interact with an AI chatbot to ask questions without doing a traditional web search, plus get advice, find inspiration, learn, research, and more. Given the problems with Apple’s voice assistant, Siri, and Apple’s own lack of AI progress, the new version could drive more users to try ChatGPT on their phones as their main mobile helper. The launch could also have a potential impact on Google, as the current search engine benefits from being the default search engine in Safari on the Apple iPhone.

When using the mobile version of ChatGPT, the app will sync your history across all devices, which means it will know what you’ve previously searched through its web interface and make it accessible to you. The app is also integrated with WhisperOpenAI’s open source speech recognition system, to enable voice input.

ChatGPT Plus subscribers you will be able to access GPT-4 capabilities Through the new app, OpenAI says, in addition to receiving early access to new features and faster response times, the company notes in your ad. The subscription offer was released in february and it costs $20 per month for enhanced features, including access to ChatGPT even during peak hours.

The company says the rollout of the new app will begin today in the US, but will expand to other countries in the “coming weeks.” It also teases an Android version as “coming soon”.

Image Credits: OpenAI (app store screenshot)

OpenAI was rumored to be working on a mobile client, according to a previous Semafor article, on which the company declined to comment.

The launch of the ChatGPT app comes at a time when major tech companies including Google, Microsoft and Facebook are experimenting with AI and, in the case of Google and Microsoft, are also integrating AI capabilities into their search engines, the latter through an expensive partnership with OpenAI, in fact. But being able to access ChatGPT directly on mobile outside of a search engine or browser could change the way people use their phones to find and connect with information.

One thing that could be compelling about OpenAI’s mobile app versus search app AI integrations is its ad-free nature. OpenAI alludes to this in its blog post, noting that users can get instant responses “without browsing ads or multiple results.” The statement is a subtle burn on its own companion, as Bing is already sliding ads into its AI-powered Bing Chat, plus somewhat snubbed search engines.

Even ChatGPT App Store Description It touts its ad-free nature, as that’s one of the few features it mentions along with the ability to sync your history and access the newest OpenAI models.

The arrival of the application also comes only a few days later Google removed the waiting list for its own AI chatbot, Bardit announced during the Google I/O developer conference this month, is now available in English.

There seems to be some consumer demand for ChatGPT and AI on the iPhone. Recent research from app store intelligence provider data.ai found that the top 10 AI mobile apps had already generated More than $14 million in consumer spending this year, as of the end of March, and average daily consumer spending increased 11% over February.