ChatGPT Release Notes

Voice Updates

We’re making an update to ChatGPT Voice for paid users that improves its ability to follow user instructions, as well as fixes a bug where Voice can sometimes repeat back custom instructions.

Rolling out age prediction

We're rolling out an age prediction model on ChatGPT consumer plans to help determine whether an account likely belongs to someone under 18, so we can apply the right experience and safeguards for teens.

The model looks at a combination of behavioral and account-level signals, including how long an account has existed, typical times of day when someone is active, usage patterns over time, and a user’s stated age.

If an adult is placed in the under-18 experience by mistake, they can quickly verify their age with a selfie through Persona, a verification service available in Settings > Account. Users can check whether safeguards have been added and verify at any time.

Health rollout

We’re starting to roll out Health, a dedicated space in ChatGPT for health and wellness conversations. You can securely connect medical records, Apple Health and supported wellness apps so answers can be grounded in your own data. Health is designed to help you navigate medical care, not replace it. Health conversations, memory, and files are kept separate from the rest of ChatGPT and are not used to train our foundation models.

Availability

Health appears as a new space in the ChatGPT sidebar. If you ask a health-related question in a regular chat, ChatGPT may also suggest continuing in Health. If you’re interested in getting access as it becomes available, you can sign up for the waitlist. We’re starting by providing access to a small group of early users to learn and continue refining the experience. At launch, Health is available on web and iOS, with Android coming soon to ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users in supported countries (excluding the EEA, Switzerland, and the UK).

Learn more in the blog or help center article.

Today we’re rolling out Your Year with ChatGPT, an optional, personalized end-of-year experience that reflects on how you interacted with ChatGPT in 2025. It highlights high-level themes from your conversations and includes summary statistics about your usage over the year.

This experience is rolling out gradually throughout the day, so it may not be available to everyone immediately. It’s available to Free, Plus, and Pro users, and is not available on Business, Enterprise, or Edu plans.

To see Your Year with ChatGPT, Memory and Reference Chat History must be turned on, and you must meet a minimum activity threshold. If you have very limited activity, you’ll only see basic chat statistics.

At launch, this experience is available in English in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Introducing the app directory in ChatGPT

You can now browse and add approved apps in the new app directory. Apps let you work with your tools and data directly inside a conversation—from interactive in-chat experiences to secure connections that allow ChatGPT to search and reference information from third-party services.

As part of this update, connectors now appear in the directory as apps, making it easier to manage all your tools in one place. References across the Help Center have been updated to reflect this new terminology.

Apps are available to all logged-in ChatGPT users, with availability and functionality varying by plan and region. Some apps or capabilities may not be available in certain regions or may require specific plan tiers.

Additionally, developers can submit apps for review and publication in the app directory, making approved apps available to a broader set of ChatGPT users.

GPT-5.2 Instant

Today, we're releasing GPT-5.2, the next upgrade to the GPT-5 series. GPT-5.2 is smarter and more useful for both work and learning while remaining just as enjoyable to talk to. As with GPT-5.1, we're continuing to improve our main models for everyone on a regular basis to make them more useful and enjoyable to use.

GPT-5.2 Instant is a fast yet powerful workhorse for everyday work and learning, with clear improvements in info-seeking questions, how-tos and walk-throughs, technical writing, and translation, all while retaining the warmer, more conversational tone introduced in GPT-5.1 Instant. Early testers noted its more clearly structured explanations where important info is highlighted upfront. It's also more effective at supporting studying and skill-building, as well as offering clearer job and career guidance.

GPT-5.2 Thinking

GPT-5.2 Thinking solves harder work tasks more effectively and with more polish, particularly in spreadsheet formatting and financial modeling, alongside improvements in slideshow creation. Early testing showed gains in coding, summarizing long documents, answering questions about uploaded files, walking through complex math and logic step by step, and helping with planning and decision-making with clearer structure and thoughtful detail.

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro is our smartest and most trustworthy model yet for difficult questions where a higher-quality answer is worth the wait. In early testing, it shows fewer major errors and stronger performance across complex domains like programming.

All three models (Instant, Thinking, and Pro) have a new knowledge cutoff of August 2025. For users, this means GPT-5.2 starts with a more current understanding of the world, so answers are more accurate and useful, with more relevant examples and context, even before turning to web search.

Read our blog for more details on examples and evals.

Update for free and Go users:

We're removing automatic model switching for reasoning in ChatGPT. Previously, some questions were automatically routed to the Thinking model when ChatGPT determined it might help. To maximize choice, free users will now use GPT-5.2 Instant by default, and can still choose to use reasoning anytime by selecting Thinking from the tools menu in the message composer.

Voice retirement on macOS

We’re retiring the Voice experience in the ChatGPT macOS app on January 15, 2026. This change allows us to focus on more unified and improved voice experiences across our apps.

• Voice will continue to be available on chatgpt.com, iOS, Android, and Windows app.
• No other ChatGPT features on macOS are affected.

GPT-5.2 release notes

Today, we’re releasing GPT-5.2, the next upgrade to the GPT-5 series. GPT-5.2 is smarter and more useful for both work and learning—while remaining just as enjoyable to talk to. As with GPT-5.1, we’re continuing to improve our main models for everyone on a regular basis to make them more useful and enjoyable to use.

GPT-5.2 Instant is a fast yet powerful workhorse for everyday work and learning, with clear improvements in info-seeking questions, how-tos and walk-throughs, technical writing, and translation, all while retaining the warmer, more conversational tone introduced in GPT-5.1 Instant. Early testers noted its more clearly structured explanations where important info is highlighted upfront. It’s also more effective at supporting studying and skill-building, as well as offering clearer job and career guidance.

GPT-5.2 Thinking solves harder work tasks more effectively and with more polish—particularly in spreadsheet formatting and financial modeling, alongside improvements in slideshow creation. Early testing showed gains in coding, summarizing long documents, answering questions about uploaded files, walking through complex math and logic step by step, and helping with planning and decision-making with clearer structure and thoughtful detail.

GPT-5.2 Pro is our smartest and most trustworthy model yet for difficult questions where a higher-quality answer is worth the wait. In early testing, it shows fewer major errors and stronger performance across complex domains like programming.

All three models (Instant, Thinking, and Pro) have a new knowledge cutoff of August 2025. For users, this means GPT-5.2 starts with a more current understanding of the world, so answers are more accurate and useful, with more relevant examples and context, even before turning to web search.

Read our blog for more details on examples and evals.

Update for free and Go users: We’re removing automatic model switching for reasoning in ChatGPT. Previously, some questions were automatically routed to the Thinking model when ChatGPT determined it might help. To maximize choice, free users will now use GPT-5.2 Instant by default, and can still choose to use reasoning anytime by selecting Thinking from the tools menu in the message composer.