Codex remote access from the ChatGPT mobile app

May 14, 2026

Codex remote access from the ChatGPT mobile app
Codex is now available in preview in the ChatGPT mobile app, so you can stay connected to active work from your phone while Codex continues running on the connected Mac host. From mobile, you can start or continue threads, answer questions, change direction, approve actions, review what Codex found, and move across connected hosts without stepping away from the work. That means you can keep an investigation moving, make a decision when Codex reaches a fork, or spin up a new idea before you are back at your desk. You can currently connect your phone to Codex running on macOS.

The mobile experience loads live context from the machine where Codex is operating, including project context, approvals, plugins, screenshots, terminal output, diffs, and test results. Codex in the ChatGPT mobile app is rolling out on iOS and Android across all plans, including Free and Go, in supported regions. To try it, update both the ChatGPT mobile app and the Codex app on macOS. Setup starts in the Codex App on the host and continues in ChatGPT after scanning a QR code; the host must remain awake, online, and running Codex for remote access to continue.

Learn more in Remote connections.

File library expands to Free and Go users, with storage management
File library is expanding to Free and Go users, including to users in the European Economic Area (EEA) making it easier to find, reuse, and build on files you upload or create in ChatGPT. You can add recent files from the composer, browse saved files in Library, and ask ChatGPT about files you’ve used before, like “What should I know about the document I uploaded yesterday?”

We’re also introducing storage management across plans. Storage includes files you upload and files created in ChatGPT, including documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and images. Limits vary by plan:

• Free: 500 MB
• Go: 4 GB
• Plus and Business: 20 GB
• Pro: 100 GB

Generated images will continue to appear in the Images tab.

Storage management is currently available on web and you can access it from Settings > Storage; you can also delete files directly from Library.

Files remain in your Library until you delete them. Files uploaded in Temporary Chat aren’t saved to Library.

Library and ‘Recent files’ in the composer are supported on web, iOS, and Android. Learn more about File storage and Library in ChatGPT.