OpenAI brings Codex to ChatGPT for iPhone, iPad, and Android with these features
9to5Mac • • technology
Key Points:
- OpenAI has integrated remote access to its Codex app for Mac into the ChatGPT mobile app, allowing users to manage Codex tasks from iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.
- The update enables users to approve tasks, start new prompts, review outputs, and manage multiple active threads in real time while keeping files and credentials secure on their machines.
- Setting up remote access involves scanning a QR code from the Mac Codex app using the ChatGPT mobile app, facilitating seamless cross-device workflow.
- This feature offers more than basic remote control by allowing full interaction with Codex’s environment, including approvals, plugin management, and project context updates.
- Codex remote access is currently available for Mac, with Windows support planned; recent enhancements also include multitasking capabilities on Mac and a new subscription plan for Codex users alongside the release of GPT-5.5 and Images 2.