ChatGPT Changelog
Release notes, new features, and updates tracked daily. Sourced from the official ChatGPT changelog at help.openai.com.
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Manage personal finances in ChatGPT
Pro users in the US can now connect financial accounts via Plaid to view spending, net worth, and investments. This feature provides a dashboard for tracking bills and budgets directly within the web and iOS apps.
Source ↗ - App Update
Expand File Library and storage management
File Library is now available for Free and Go users to reuse uploaded documents. New storage limits are introduced across all plans, ranging from 500 MB for Free users to 100 GB for Pro users.
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Access Codex remotely from mobile apps
Codex is now available in preview on iOS and Android, allowing users to connect to a Mac host. You can review terminal output, approve actions, and manage active investigations while away from your desktop.
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View more inline images in answers
Free users globally will now see more inline web images for topics like people, places, and products. This update applies to responses generated using the 5.5-Instant model on web and iOS.
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Introduce Trusted Contact Safety Feature
ChatGPT is rolling out an optional safety feature for personal accounts that allows users to designate a trusted contact who can be notified if automated systems detect serious safety concerns.
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Enable Trusted Contact safety feature
Adults with personal accounts can now designate a trusted contact. If safety systems detect serious concerns regarding self-harm, ChatGPT may notify this contact to encourage a wellness check-in.
Source ↗ - Integration
Integrate ChatGPT into Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
ChatGPT is now available globally as a sidebar integration in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, helping users build formulas, clean up spreadsheets, and analyze multi-tab files in place.
Source ↗ - Model ReleasevGPT-5.5 Instant
Launch GPT-5.5 Instant as Default Model
GPT-5.5 Instant is now the default model for all ChatGPT users, replacing GPT-5.3 Instant with improvements in accuracy, clarity, image understanding, STEM questions, and web search.
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Personalize Responses with Memory Sources
ChatGPT Plus and Pro users can now experience improved personalization using past chats, saved memories, and connected apps. A new Memory Sources tool lets users view and edit the context shaping responses.
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Launch ChatGPT for Excel and Google Sheets
ChatGPT is now available as a sidebar integration for Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. It assists with formulas, data cleanup, and budget tracking directly within spreadsheet environments.
Source ↗ - Model Releasev5.5-Instant
Release GPT-5.5 Instant as default model
GPT-5.5 Instant is now the default model for all users, offering improved accuracy, image understanding, and conciseness. It reduces overformatting and handles context from files more effectively.
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Personalize responses with Memory Sources
Plus and Pro users get improved personalization using context from past chats and connected apps. A new Sources icon allows users to view and manage the specific memories that influenced a response.
Source ↗ - Launch
OpenAI partners with Cal State to deploy ChatGPT Edu across 23 campuses
OpenAI signed a system-wide agreement with the California State University network covering 460,000 students and 63,000 staff across 23 campuses. ChatGPT Edu rolls out to faculty for course design and to students for on-platform learning support. The deal is the largest higher-education AI deployment in the United States.
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Enable Advanced Account Security for Personal Accounts
ChatGPT has introduced Advanced Account Security, an optional setting that enforces stronger sign-in methods like passkeys, disables weaker recovery paths, and adds session management controls.
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Secure accounts with Advanced Account Security
Users can now enable stricter sign-in requirements, including passkeys and physical security keys. This mode disables weaker recovery paths like SMS codes to prevent account takeovers.
Source ↗ - App Update
Simplify model selection in composer
Paid users on web can now switch models and adjust thinking effort levels directly within the message composer, streamlining the workflow for selecting specific AI capabilities.
Source ↗ - Research
Nilay Patel essay: why the public still resists automation despite ChatGPT's growth
Nilay Patel's essay explains public resistance to AI automation amid ChatGPT's rising usage. Vibe builders and SMB owners learn to focus AI tools on augmentation over full replacement.
Source ↗ - Launch
OpenAI launches Workspace Agents in ChatGPT for team collaboration
OpenAI launched Workspace Agents inside ChatGPT on April 23, 2026, with Slack, Gmail, and Salesforce connectors, free in research preview until May 6 on Business, Enterprise, Edu, and Teachers plans.
Source ↗ - Model Release
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.0 with better text rendering, visual reasoning
ChatGPT users generate images with improved text rendering, multilingual support, and advanced visual reasoning via Images 2.0.
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