Chatgpt Dot Can Now Be Reached by Text Message

WHO:

9to5Mac - OpenAI is expanding access to its ChatGPT Dot agent.

Android Authority - ChatGPT Dot is a personal AI agent that runs in the background, remembers key details, and helps users manage ongoing tasks.

Android Authority - The text-messaging preview is for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the United States.

WHAT:

9to5Mac - Users can text their Dot using iMessage or RCS, including by sending text, photos, and voice notes.

Engadget - The feature works with both iMessage and RCS messaging.

Android Authority - Dots can proactively send users relevant updates, including text, photos, and voice notes.

Android Authority - Dots retain context from previous conversations and access to the same connected plugins across ChatGPT and text messaging.

Android Authority - OpenAI says enabling the feature does not give the Dot access to users’ other text conversations.

9to5Mac - The Dot’s profile has a “Texting” option for setting up the feature.

Android Authority - Before the change, users could interact with Dots through ChatGPT, Slack, or Microsoft Teams; the phone’s messaging app was not available.

Android Authority - OpenAI had introduced Dots as personal AI agents that run in the background.

WHERE:

Android Authority - The preview is rolling out in the United States.

9to5Mac - Users can access their Dot through the Messages app on Apple devices using iMessage.

Android Authority - Android users can text their Dot through Google Messages using RCS; iPhone users can use iMessage.

WHY:

9to5Mac - OpenAI said the expansion was made “By popular request.”

Android Authority - The feature lets users receive updates about monitored items or tasks without opening the ChatGPT app.

HOW:

9to5Mac - Users can give a Dot a task to handle or something to monitor, then receive proactive text updates.

Android Authority - For example, a Dot can notify a user when a monitored product’s price drops or send an important update about a trip being planned.

9to5Mac - Users can set up texting by tapping the Dot’s profile and selecting “Texting.”

9to5Mac - The article says the Dot has the same context and plugins wherever the user reaches it.

(UPDATED October 29, 2026 19:04 UTC)

OpenAI is expanding access to ChatGPT Dot’s text-messaging preview for Pro subscribers in the United States, letting users reach their personal AI agent through iMessage or RCS. Dots run in the background, remember context from previous conversations, use the same connected plugins across ChatGPT and messaging, and can send proactive updates by text, photo, or voice note about tasks such as price drops or travel plans. Users can turn on texting from a Dot’s profile, and OpenAI says the feature does not give the agent access to their other text conversations.