OpenAI Builds Real-Time Voice for Codex, Expanding ChatGPT Into a Multi-Agent Assistant
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Updated · TestingCatalog · Jul 23
OpenAI Builds Real-Time Voice for Codex, Expanding ChatGPT Into a Multi-Agent Assistant
3 articles · Updated · TestingCatalog · Jul 23
Summary
Recent ChatGPT bundle additions point to a real-time voice mode for Codex that lets users speak requests while background agents handle tasks and report results back.
System prompts describe a broader assistant than a coding tool, with actions including checking Slack, opening documents and calendars, controlling Spotify, browsing, shopping and scanning Uber Eats for dinner.
Several details remain unresolved: OpenAI has not confirmed which model would power the conversations, and a Codex real-time voice entry has not appeared in the ChatGPT desktop voice selector.
The work fits OpenAI’s recent consolidation of Codex into the ChatGPT desktop app alongside Chat and Work, after Codex Remote reached general availability on paid plans in June.
Hints from Codex staff suggest more news could come within 24 hours, with attention on parallel worker agents and faster Cerebras-served GPT-5.6 Sol inference rather than a new chip partnership.