OpenAI announced that it will officially introduce its Codex model into ChatGPT’s mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms, providing a new way for developers to remotely manage and monitor coding tasks on their mobile phones.The Codex model owned by OpenAI has grown rapidly in the past few months and now has more than 4 million weekly active users. In order to facilitate developers to use Codex in mobile scenarios, OpenAI announced today that Codex has been integrated into the ChatGPT mobile application. Developers can monitor and schedule code-related tasks directly through their smartphones.
In this update, Codex appears in the ChatGPT mobile interface as a remote control hub. Developers can connect from their mobile phones to machines running Codex, including laptops, standalone Mac minis, or hosted remote development environments. Once the connection is successful, the application will load the real-time status of the environment, including currently active task threads, approval records, plug-in information, and project context, ensuring that developers can grasp the overall progress on the mobile terminal.
OpenAI emphasized in its official introduction that this Codex mobile experience is not just a simple remote control for a single task, but has complete workflow management capabilities. Developers can view Codex output results, approve commands, switch models, initiate new tasks, and track updates during execution in real time on their mobile phones. If necessary, Codex can also send screenshots, terminal output, code differences (diff), test results, and approval requests back to the mobile application, allowing developers to confirm and intervene at any time.
Since the actual running of Codex is still in the original local or remote environment, the original file access capabilities, credential and permission configurations, and local development environment settings can remain unchanged. In order to establish a secure connection between the mobile terminal and the desktop terminal, OpenAI designed a layer of secure relay for this experience to achieve communication with the mobile application without exposing the Codex desktop application to the public Internet. OpenAI also stated through social media that many users have made similar requests many times before. Now this feature is first launched in preview form, allowing developers to initiate new tasks, review output, control execution and approve next steps on their mobile phones, while Codex continues to run on laptops, Mac minis or development hosts.
In addition to mobile updates, OpenAI has also launched a number of Codex enhancements for enterprise and team scenarios. Among them, the remote SSH function is now generally available, and Codex can connect to remote machines managed by the enterprise, and execute code tasks in these environments using approved dependencies, credentials, security policies, and computing resources. The Codex desktop application can automatically discover available hosts from the user's SSH configuration and run projects on these remote hosts, thus taking into account centralized management and elastic computing power.
In terms of automation and integration, OpenAI has also launched programmatic access tokens for CI pipelines, release processes, and internal automation scenarios. In addition, the Hooks function has also been fully launched, allowing teams to deeply customize the input and behavior of Codex, such as scanning whether prompt words contain sensitive information or keys, running custom verification logic, recording session logs, creating memories, or adjusting Codex's behavior policies for specific code bases and directories.
In terms of billing and compliance, remote SSH and Hooks will be available to all ChatGPT plans. Programmable access tokens are only available to Enterprise and Business Edition users to meet more complex enterprise integration needs. For customers who need to comply with medical privacy regulations, OpenAI says eligible ChatGPT Enterprise workspaces enable HIPAA-compliant usage when using Codex in an on-premises environment.
Codex integration in the ChatGPT mobile app is currently rolling out in phases on iOS and Android platforms in preview form, and is available to users of various plans, including the free version and Go version, in all supported regions. However, at the current stage, the mobile Codex can only connect to the Codex desktop application running on macOS. Windows support is still under development and is expected to be launched in subsequent updates.