# OpenAI Puts ChatGPT Voice in the Desktop App to Drive Codex Agents

The GPT-Live layer, which can listen and speak at the same time, now launches and directs several coding agents at once from a single spoken instruction on Mac and Windows.

- Published: 2026-07-27T05:32:35.926Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-27/openai-puts-chatgpt-voice-in-the-desktop-app-to-drive-codex
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [VentureBeat](https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/agentic-coding-goes-hands-free-as-openai-brings-gpt-lives-full-duplex-voice-control-to-codex-and-chatgpt-on-the-desktop), [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/07/23/openai-launches-chatgpt-voice-desktop-programming/)

OpenAI moved ChatGPT Voice into its Mac and Windows desktop apps on July 23 and connected it directly to Codex and ChatGPT Work. The feature is built on GPT-Live, a continuous audio model introduced July 8 that listens and speaks at the sam…

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