OpenAI releases ChatGPT app for Windows

On Thursday, OpenAI released an early Windows version of its first ChatGPT app for Windows, following a Mac version launched in May. Currently, it is only available to subscribers of Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu versions of ChatGPT, and users can download it for free from the Microsoft Store for Windows.

OpenAI is positioning the release as a beta test. “This is an early version and we plan to bring the full experience to all users later this year,” OpenAI wrote in the Microsoft Store submission for the app. (Interestingly, ChatGPT is rated “T for Teen” by the ESRB in the Windows Store, despite not being a video game.)

When opening the app, OpenAI requires users to log into a paying ChatGPT account, and from there the app is basically identical to the web browser version of ChatGPT. You can currently use it to access several models: GPT-4o, GPT-4o with Canvas, 01-preview, 01-mini, GPT-4o mini and GPT-4. It can also generate images with DALL-E 3 or analyze uploaded files and images.

If you're using Windows 11, you can instantly bring up a small ChatGPT window when the app is open using an Alt+Space keyboard shortcut (this didn't work in Windows 10 when we tried it). This can be useful if you want to ask ChatGPT a quick question at any time.

And as with the web version, all AI processing takes place in the cloud on OpenAI's servers, meaning an internet connection is required.

So chat as usual as if someone is watching and don't rely on ChatGPT as a factual reference for important decisions. GPT-4o in particular is excellent at telling you what you want to hear, whether it's correct or not. As OpenAI says in a small disclaimer at the bottom of the app window: “ChatGPT may make mistakes.”