Codex on mobile
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Start, guide, and review tasks from your phone
Follow progress, approve actions, and send instructions from your phone. Codex runs tasks in the cloud or on a connected computer.
Use the ChatGPT mobile app with Cloud or a connected Mac or Windows PC. Availability depends on rollout and your workspace settings.
Illustration: Interactive Codex experience in the ChatGPT mobile app showing Cloud, connected computers, tasks, conversations, approvals, and changed files
Start here
Codex on mobile advantages
- Start tasks from your phone: Choose Cloud and an environment, or a connected computer and project, then describe the task.
- Guide work as it happens: Open a task, follow its progress, and send new instructions without returning to your desk.
- Approve requested actions: Review requested commands and actions before Codex continues on your connected computer.
- Review the result: Inspect responses, changed files, diffs, and test results, then decide what happens next.
Get started on mobile
Connect your computer, approve access, and start your first task.
- Start setup on your computer. Open the ChatGPT desktop app on your Mac or Windows PC. Go to Settings > Connections > Control this Mac or PC and select Set up or Add. Approve remote access and complete any requested verification.
- Scan the QR code. Scan the code with your phone, sign in to the same ChatGPT account and workspace, and approve the connection. Only connect devices you own and trust.
- Start working from your phone. In the ChatGPT mobile app for iOS, open Codex to choose your connected computer and start or continue a task. If your mobile app still shows Remote, open it instead. Keep your computer awake and online.
Keep work moving from anywhere
Start, approve, and review tasks from your phone. Codex runs the work under your organization’s security policies.
1. See tasks across your hosts
Follow active tasks in Cloud and across connected computers, pick up existing conversations, and see when your input is needed.
Illustration: Codex on mobile task list showing Cloud and connected computers
2. Approve requests
Review commands and requested actions before Codex continues working on your connected computer.
Illustration: Codex on mobile approval request for a terminal command
3. Review changed code
Inspect changed files and diffs from your phone before deciding what happens next.
Illustration: Codex on mobile changed-files review with code differences
4. Start new tasks
Choose Cloud and an environment, or a connected computer and project, then describe the task.
Illustration: Codex on mobile new-task composer for a connected computer
Explore setup and security
Learn about computer requirements, device management, permissions, and troubleshooting.