OpenAI’s ChatGPT voice now available for everyone

ChatGPT voice goes free on both Android and iOS platforms.

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Amidst all the chaos, OpenAI has now extended ChatGPT with voice feature to all the users, allowing users to interact and receive responses using voice instead of text. OpenAI has pushed an update to the Android and iOS versions of the app that enables the ChatGPT voice feature for everyone.

OpenAI’s ex-president and co-founder, Greg Brockman, who recently joined Microsoft along with Sam Altman has endorsed this announcement on X, saying “ChatGPT Voice rolled out for all free users. Give it a try — totally changes the ChatGPT experience.”

ChatGPT Voice rolled out for all free users. Give it a try — totally changes the ChatGPT experience: https://t.co/DgzqLlDNYF

— Greg Brockman (@gdb) November 21, 2023

Right now, ChatGPT offers five different voices, which include Breeze, Ember, Juniper, Cove, and Sky. Users can select either of these voices from the speech section in the settings menu.

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Unlike other AI-enabled voice assistants, the options included in the ChatGPT app do sound more human. However, unlike Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant, the free version of ChatGPT does have one big limitation. As it cannot access real-time information, yet, it won’t be able to offer information on current events and news.

The free version of the ChatGPT app is also based on the GPT 3.5 model, which also has a bit of a limitation, especially when compared to the more recent GPT-4 Turbo, which was recently made available for the GPT Plus subscribers, which costs $20 a month.

However, right now, OpenAI has paused the ChatGPT Plus subscription service, which is expected to resume in the coming days, and according to the company, it has taken this measure, as it is running out of capacity to handle the needs of the users.