ChatGPT for macOS now works with third-party apps

OpenAI launched a native ChatGPT app for macOS earlier this year, which makes it easier for Mac users to interact with the company’s AI chatbot. Now OpenAI is releasing a huge update to ChatGPT on Mac, which adds integration with third-party apps.

ChatGPT now integrates with macOS apps

With the update, users can ask ChatGPT to read on-screen content in specific apps. In this first version, integration with third-party software works with developer tools such as VS Code, Terminal, iTerm2 and Apple’s Xcode.

In a demo seen by 9to5Mac, ChatGPT was able to understand code from an Xcode project and then provide code suggestions without the user having to manually copy and paste content into the ChatGPT app. It can even read content from more than one app at the same time, which is very useful for working with developer tools.

According to OpenAI, the idea is to expand integration to more apps in the future. For now, integration with third-party apps is coming exclusively to the Mac version of ChatGPT, but there’s another catch. The feature requires a paid ChatGPT subscription, at least for now.

ChatGPT Plus and Team subscribers will receive access to integration with third-party apps on macOS starting today, while access for Enterprise and Education users will be rolled out “in the next few weeks.” OpenAI told 9to5Mac that it wants to make the feature available to everyone in the future, although there’s no estimate of when this will happen.

For privacy reasons, users can control at any time when and which apps ChatGPT can read.

It’s worth noting that with macOS 15.2, which is currently in beta, Apple is adding the promised ChatGPT integration to Siri – which lets users ask questions related to the content they’re seeing on the screen. However, this integration doesn’t interact with specific apps yet.

You can download the ChatGPT app for macOS from OpenAI’s website. It’s available for free, while ChatGPT Plus subscribers can sign in and access their full account. On a related note, OpenAI is also making the ChatGPT Windows app available to free users starting today.

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