ChatGPT Desktop: Voice Control for Codex Tasks and Multi-Folder Projects
CodexOpenAI shipped ChatGPT desktop app update 26.715, introducing ChatGPT Voice (powered by GPT-Live) so users can talk through work and coordinate tasks across Chat, Work, and Codex without touching the keyboard. The same release adds multi-folder local projects, letting a single project span several related folders with one designated as primary for Git operations and config discovery. Voice is available on Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, and Enterprise plans, on both macOS and Windows, and via Remote on iOS.
Key Takeaways
- ChatGPT Voice, powered by GPT-Live, lets users coordinate Chat, Work, and Codex tasks hands-free from the desktop app.
- Unlike turn-based voice assistants, GPT-Live supports simultaneous listening and speaking, so users can interrupt or redirect an active task mid-sentence.
- On macOS, Screen context lets the voice assistant see a snapshot of the frontmost window while coordinating work.
- Multi-folder local projects let a single project span several related folders, with one primary folder driving Git operations and AGENTS.md/skill/config discovery.
- Voice access ships across Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, and Enterprise plans, and reaches iOS through Codex Remote Connections.
- The update reinforces OpenAI's push toward a unified, multi-repo, hands-free desktop hub for coding work.
Sources & Mentions
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ChatGPT Voice comes to the desktop app
OpenAI's desktop app update 26.715 brings full duplex voice control, powered by GPT-Live, to the unified ChatGPT desktop experience that now houses Chat, Work, and Codex side by side. Rather than the old walkie-talkie style of turn-taking, GPT-Live lets the assistant listen and speak simultaneously, so users can start a new chat or coding task in voice mode and then ask ChatGPT to start, check, or steer work happening in other threads, including active Codex agent runs.
On macOS, users can enable Screen context to share a snapshot of their frontmost window, giving the voice assistant visibility into what is on screen while it coordinates work. Coverage from outlets covering the rollout highlighted that this simultaneous listen-and-speak behavior, combined with natural conversational touches, differentiates the feature from turn-based voice assistants offered by competitors.
Voice access is bundled into Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, and Enterprise plans, and extends beyond desktop through Remote access on iOS, meaning users who set up Codex Remote Connections can direct desktop work by voice from a phone.
Multi-folder support for local projects
Alongside voice, OpenAI expanded local projects in the ChatGPT desktop app to support multiple related folders instead of a single root directory. From a project's menu, selecting Edit project now lets users add additional folders and designate one as the primary folder. The primary folder drives where new chats and Git operations happen, and it is where Codex automatically discovers AGENTS.md, skills, and config.toml. Secondary folders remain fully usable for file search, reading, and editing, making the feature useful for developers who work across multiple related repositories or a monorepo split into separate directories.
Together, the two changes push the unified ChatGPT desktop app further toward being a hands-free, multi-repo command center for coding work rather than a single-window chat client.