OpenAI has begun testing a Windows app for ChatGPT. The early version can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store, but access is limited to ChatGPT Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu users, OpenAI said in an X post on Thursday.
The desktop app is compatible with Windows 10 (version 17763.0 or newer) and Windows 11, and comes with OpenAI's latest o1 language model. This model is capable of reasoning, but takes slightly longer to answer questions. OpenAI views the delay as a mark of greater intelligence.
Like its macOS counterpart, ChatGPT for Windows lets you interact with the AI-powered chatbot in a companion window alongside other apps. To quickly launch the app, you can use the Alt+Space shortcut. You can type queries, or upload files and documents for it to analyze. It can also generate images using DALL-E, which is also included in the app.
One of the key features missing from the early version of the Windows ChatGPT app is the Advanced Voice mode. It could be added to the full version of the app, which OpenAI plans to launch for all users later this year.
ChatGPT Plus starts at $20 per month. If you don't want to pay for it or download an app to use ChatGPT, you can always use the free, limited web version of the platform or Microsoft Copilot. Newer Windows PCs even have a dedicated Copilot key on their keyboards to summon the AI, but the button could be customized to launch ChatGPT instead.
Microsoft's paid Copilot version and Google's paid version of Gemini each also cost $20 a month. There's also VeniceAI, a free, uncensored AI platform, if you don't want a chatbot to reject your questions.