ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode, a feature first introduced in September, is now being added to the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot’s desktop apps. Announced on Thursday, OpenAI’s native chatbot will now provide a human-like voice chat experience to Mac and Windows users. The feature was first unveiled at the OpenAI Spring Update event in May and can express emotions, control voice and react to what the user is saying. As of now, only paid subscribers of the platform have access to this feature.
ChatGPIT Advanced Voice Mode comes to desktop apps
In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), the official handle of OpenAI announced that Advanced Voice Mode has been rolled out for macOS and Windows desktop apps. The move is interesting as major AI companies have begun to focus their attention on desktops to offer users more powerful and comprehensive AI capabilities.
The same day, Anthropic released its desktop apps for Mac and Windows, paving the way for computer usage tools. Google is also reportedly working on a new agentic AI browser tool that will be able to complete tasks like booking movie tickets and purchasing products. Now, with OpenAI’s Advanced Voice, users can finally harness the full potential of voice-based AI in a desktop environment. It is worth noting that till now this feature was available only for Android and iOS apps.
Some of the ways users can take advantage of ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode are to verbally prompt the AI to write a code, or to chat back and forth while writing a research paper or college assignment. Users can also upload data files and then have a two-way conversation about its analysis and insights.
ChatGPT app users will get the option to turn on Advanced Voice Mode by tapping on the waveform icon next to the text field. Tapping the icon activates the new voice mode. Users now have five new voices to choose from – Vale, Spruce, Arbor, Maple, and Soul. Each of these voices has a different pitch, intonation and regional accent.
However, this feature is still only available to ChatGPT Teams and Plus users. Additionally, people living in EU, UK, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein will not get the new feature.
