OpenAI will remove the Voice feature from its ChatGPT

OpenAI will remove the Voice feature from its ChatGPT macOS app starting January 15, 2026, to streamline and enhance voice interactions across platforms, while all other functionalities on Mac remain unaffected.

OpenAI has announced that the Voice feature in the ChatGPT app for macOS will be retired on January 15, 2026. This change will end spoken interactions on the desktop version, affecting users who rely on hands-free dictation, brainstorming, or accessibility support. While this may disappoint Mac users accustomed to voice input, OpenAI emphasizes that other functionalities of the ChatGPT app will remain fully operational.

The company clarified that the decision is part of a broader plan to unify and enhance voice experiences across all platforms. OpenAI has indicated that the current macOS Voice implementation may not align with its future vision for real-time, conversational voice interactions. Differences in system permissions, audio handling, and platform performance have been cited as factors behind the decision.

Looking ahead to cross-platform improvements

Industry experts note that voice interfaces are becoming a central component of AI interactions. OpenAI has suggested that the removal is a temporary measure to consolidate development, reduce bugs, and ensure a more consistent experience across web, mobile, and desktop platforms. With new hardware and software initiatives in the pipeline, voice is expected to remain a key feature in OpenAI’s ecosystem, despite its temporary absence on Mac.

By focusing on a stronger, cross-platform voice architecture, OpenAI aims to provide users with faster updates, improved reliability, and a more seamless AI interaction experience in the near future.

The global competition for AI programming dominance is intensifying.

In a synchronized push, industry leaders OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have unveiled special holiday initiatives, each deploying a mix of model upgrades, usage bonuses, and pricing incentives to attract developers during the festive season.

This strategic move has effectively launched a targeted “year-end promotional battle” within the technical community.

OpenAI’s “Holiday Codex” with Double API Limits

On December 25, OpenAI officially launched GPT-5.2-Codex-XMas, a festive special edition. According to Thibault Sottiaux, Engineering Lead for Codex, this version is functionally identical to the standard GPT-5.2-Codex but includes holiday-themed elements, positioned as “a Christmas gift for developers.”

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OpenAI and Anthropic are temporarily increasing usage limits for select users of their artificial intelligence (AI) coding agent, Codex, and Claude as part of a holiday season offer. OpenAI has reset and lifted rate limits to twice the usual level for Codex users until January 1, 2026. At the same time, Anthropic has announced a holiday usage promotion that gives its Pro and Max subscribers double their usual usage limits between December 25 and 31 on Claude's platforms across mobile, desktop, and web.

OpenAI and Anthropic Offer Holiday Benefits to Users

The OpenAI offer was announced in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) by the company's Member of Technical Staff, Thibault Sottiaux, who said, “For Codex users, to thank you all for the fun we've had over the last months, our first gift is that we have reset rate limits and are lifting the usage limits to 2X the usual limits until the 1st of Jan.”

Codex is OpenAI's specialised AI agent for coding tasks, which can handle end-to-end development based on a text prompt or images that showcase the basic idea behind the software. It can be used locally as a command-line interface (CLI), within ChatGPT, and as an integrated development environment via platforms such as Visual Studio (VS) Code and Cur

By Advik Gupta