On July 21, OpenAI revealed its plans to launch the Android version of the popular artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT chatbot in the coming week. This launch follows the release for iOS users in May.
The company announced the launch in a tweet and provided a preorder page in the Google Play Store, allowing users to register for installation once the app is ready.
The announcement follows OpenAI’s recent efforts to increase the security and transparency of its tools with initiatives such as content watermarking. The company has come under scrutiny due to concerns about misinformation generated by its AI.
Announcing ChatGPT for Android! The app will be available to users next week, and you can pre-order on the Google Play Store starting today: https://t.co/NfBDYZR5GI
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) 21 July 2023
OpenAI highlights the improved security measures of the Android app compared to the web version. It will also offer features like conversation history synchronization across devices, similar to the iOS version.
By offering Android and iOS apps, OpenAI competes directly with Microsoft’s Bing Chat, which also uses OpenAI’s GPT-4 technology. Apps are an alternative means of testing Large Language Models (LLMs) without relying on a web browser.
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This release coincides with Google launching its Bard chatbot in the European Union and Brazil. Other competitors are also emerging, such as Anthropic, with its Cloud2 assistant, which provides functionality that surpasses OpenAI’s paid version of ChatGPT. ChatGPT saw a drop in traffic in June – for the first time since its launch.
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots have been widely adopted by the crypto community, with some even using the technology to develop new tokens.
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