OpenAI brings Codex computer control and mobile access features to Windows
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Pradeep Viswanathan
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Summary
OpenAI has released version 26.527 of the Codex app for Windows, bringing two major features previously exclusive to Mac users: background computer use (allowing Codex to control apps via its own cursor) and mobile access through the ChatGPT app for monitoring coding tasks from smartphones.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledIn April, OpenAI announced a major update for the Codex app that brought support for background computer use.
This feature allowed Codex to control the user's computer with its own cursor, enabling Codex to control a wide variety of apps that do not offer an API.
OpenAI announced the Codex experience inside the ChatGPT mobile app, allowing developers to monitor and steer coding tasks from their smartphones.
Both of these features were available only on Mac until now.
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