ChatGPT’s app for iPhone makes sense as chatbot finally connects to the internet

OpenAI has launched the first smartphone app for the ChatGPT bot, and it’s for the Apple iPhone. Alongside, there is a promise that an Android app is “coming soon”. The timing sits perfectly, in a way, because the app arrives at a time when ChatGPT is getting a crucial update that rolls out web browsing integration and plug-ins, which allows ChatGPT Plus users (at a $20 per month subscription) access to the internet for potentially richer responses to queries.

Before you get all worked up (and understandably so) and search for the ChatGPT app, note that its availability thus far is only for the US. For now. “We’re starting our roll out in the US and will expand to additional countries in the coming weeks,” OpenAI said in an official statement.

This should stop many iPhone and Android users (in due course of time) from signing up for the burgeoning range of third-party smartphone apps which often promise access to the ChatGPT bot – these are mostly fake apps, and best avoided, for the sake of your data and privacy.