The 6 Biggest Changes Coming To Chatgpt

GPT-5 has yet arrived. Along pinch nan announcement of nan highly anticipated AI model, OpenAI besides previewed respective updates coming to ChatGPT, ranging from ocular changes to improvements to nan chatbot’s performance.

Here’s a rundown of each of nan changes you tin expect to spot successful ChatGPT.

Say goodbye to nan exemplary picker

With nan rollout of GPT-5, OpenAI is getting free of nan exemplary picker and retiring galore of its older models, including GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, and GPT-4.5. ChatGPT now runs connected GPT-5 by default, and has a “single auto-switching system” that combines its erstwhile models into a “faster, smarter model,” theoretically eliminating nan request to switch betwixt models for different purposes.

However, ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team users tin still usage a exemplary picker that allows them to move betwixt GPT-5 aliases GPT-5 Thinking. Pro and Team users will besides get entree to GPT-Thinking Pro.

OpenAI gives ChatGPT “personalities”

One of nan biggest updates coming to ChatGPT is nan expertise to prime from 4 caller “personalities” for text-based responses. Here’s really OpenAI describes each of them:

Cynic: Sarcastic and dry, delivers blunt thief pinch wit. Often teases, but provides direct, applicable answers erstwhile it matters.

Robot: Precise, efficient, and emotionless, delivering nonstop answers without other words.

Listener: Warm and laid-back, reflecting your thoughts backmost pinch calm clarity and ray wit.

Nerd: Playful and curious, explaining concepts intelligibly while celebrating knowledge and discovery.

These caller personalities sound for illustration they mightiness beryllium nosy to play astir with. But if you’re not a fan, you tin ever move backmost to ChatGPT’s “default” style.

Better vibe coding capabilities

Vibe coding, aliases nan process of having AI make codification based connected earthy connection prompts, conscionable sewage an upgrade connected ChatGPT. OpenAI says GPT-5 is moreover amended astatine processing analyzable and descriptive prompts erstwhile asking it to create an app aliases website. You tin past spot — and interact — pinch a preview of what nan AI chatbot has built by opening Canvas.

More app customization

OpenAI is rolling retired caller ways to customize ChatGPT’s interface. With this update, you tin group an accent colour that will alteration nan quality of your speech bubbles, sound button, and highlighted text.

To do this connected nan web, click your floor plan icon, prime Settings > General. From there, prime an action from wrong nan Accent color drop-down. You tin do nan aforesaid point connected mobile by tapping your floor plan picture, heading to Personalization, and tapping Color Scheme.

Advanced sound mode tin “adapt” to you

ChatGPT’s precocious sound mode, which allows for much natural-sounding spoken conversations, is getting an update for paid users that will make it amended astatine knowing instructions, arsenic good arsenic let subscribers to tweak its speaking style.

OpenAI besides announced that it’s retiring modular sound mode, but it’s offering “near-unlimited” usage of precocious sound mode for paid users, and bringing “hours” of other usage to free users successful exchange. Advanced sound mode now useful pinch civilization GPTs, too.

Easily link your Gmail and Google Calendar

Lastly, OpenAI is making it easier to nexus your Gmail relationship and Google Calendar to ChatGPT. As explained successful a demo, ChatGPT will now inquire you to link your Gmail aliases Calendar erstwhile you participate a prompt, specified arsenic “help maine scheme my schedule tomorrow.” Once you nexus your account, ChatGPT will tie from your schedule and your emails to scheme retired your day, notify you astir missed emails, and more.

The expertise to link these accounts is coming to Pro users adjacent week, “with different tiers coming next.”