Codex is going mobile. Coding tool – launched by OpenAI about a year ago – ChatGPT is now integrated into the app, allowing users to remotely monitor and manage their development workflow.
The new function allows users to view their codecs live environment in any device where it is running. The company announced the changes on Thursday; The update, which is currently in preview, is now available for all plans on iOS and Android.
“This is much more than the ability to remotely control a single task or send new tasks to your computer,” OpenAI said in a statement. “From your phone, you can work on all your threads, review output, approve commands, change models, or start something new.”
Last month, OpenAI also gave the ability to codex To run in the background in a desktop environment – empowering the tool to perform various tasks autonomously. Earlier this month, the company also introduced A Chrome extension that allows agents to work in live browser sessions.
In February, Anthropic released a similar feature – remote control – which allows users to monitor the work of cloud code remotely.
The flood of feature releases from both OpenAI and Anthropic reflects the tense competition between the two over whose agentic coding tool will be most widely used. Over the past year, Anthropic’s cloud code has been gained popularity Both tools continue to be widely used, however, among businesses and tech professionals alike.
