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Say you ask ChatGPT to keep an eye on a product you’ve been meaning to buy, and it texts you when the price drops. Or perhaps you’ve asked it to help plan an upcoming trip, and it messages you when there’s an important update. That’s the convenience OpenAI is bringing to ChatGPT, and you won’t even need to open the app to use it.
Last month, OpenAI introduced Dots, personal AI agents that run in the background, remember key details, and help you stay on top of ongoing tasks. You can interact with your Dot through ChatGPT, Slack, or Microsoft Teams, but one option was missing: your phone’s messaging app.
Well, that’s finally changing. OpenAI has announced you can now text your Dot directly via RCS on Android or iMessage on iPhone. More importantly, the conversation doesn’t always have to start with you. If you’ve asked your Dot to monitor something or work on a task, it can proactively message you with relevant updates, including text, photos, and voice notes.
What makes this useful is that your Dot remembers your previous conversations and keeps access to the same connected plugins, no matter where you’re talking to it. So, if you start planning something in ChatGPT and later continue the conversation over text, you won’t have to explain everything again.
Of course, letting an AI assistant into your messaging app might raise some privacy concerns. OpenAI says the conversation is strictly between you and your Dot, and enabling the feature doesn’t give it access to your other text conversations.
For now, the feature is rolling out as a preview for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the US. If you’re eligible, you can enable it by opening your Dot’s profile and selecting Texting.
