ChatGPT gains Apple Messages plug-in to send texts on your behalf
Original: ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in
Why This Matters
The integration deepens AI access to personal communications, raising both utility and privacy questions for users.
OpenAI launched an Apple Messages plug-in for ChatGPT on August 20, 2026, enabling users to connect their Messages inbox to the chatbot. The plug-in allows sorting, analyzing, drafting, sending, and deleting messages, and is compatible with Codex and ChatGPT Work.
OpenAI has released an Apple Messages plug-in for ChatGPT, letting users link their Messages inbox directly to the chatbot. Once connected, ChatGPT can sort, analyze, and edit messages, suggest follow-up replies based on the previous day's conversations, draft and send messages on the user's behalf, delete messages, and search through message history. The plug-in is also compatible with Codex and ChatGPT Work, extending its use to professional contexts. OpenAI told Bloomberg that the plug-in runs locally on the user's device and 'doesn't create an index of all someone's messages,' though detailed specifics remain unclear, and TechCrunch said it has reached out to OpenAI for further clarification. On the topic of autonomous sending, OpenAI cautions against enabling persistent approval, warning it 'removes your final chance to review a message before ChatGPT sends it as you.'