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Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by blueberrychpstx »

theonemind wrote: post #64

What does this add over opening chat.openai.com in Safari? It seems like I could perhaps browse conversation history offline (but I can't tell for sure), and voice dictation. I've just used it in Safari with no problems, so I want to know if any compelling reasons exist to use the app. I'd guess it includes additional tracking enabled by an app and other undesirable aspects of an app.

I had chat.openai.com saved to my homepage so here's my finding so far:

- snappier

- search through conversation history via title search

- whisper built in for record -> transcribe workflow (does not work "live" unfortunately)

- easier to scroll through history and delete history

- long press prompt or response to copy/select text or perform voting/regeneration actions

- better text resizing support (via the control center's Aa text resize option) (online resizing text made things way too cluttered)

Probably more but all I've found from about 10 minutes of playing around.

Definitely better UX from my perspective!

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by pmuk »

NikolaNovak wrote: post #93

I clicked on the link on my PC. Noted the name of the app ("Openai ChatGP") and the description ("The official app by OpenAI") I opened App Store on my iPhone and typed the name of the app, verbatim . The official/correct app was not in the first 20 entries (which is as far as I was willing to scroll). Which, to me: 1. Shows why an official app is needed even though the web version works perfectly fine on iPhone and…

Are you outside the US? I got the same results, but then realised it's only available in the US at the moment.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by ericskiff »

I was excited to try this because I want to be able to use ChatGPT hands-free in certain circumstances. The ideal would be to put it into voice assistant mode, have it listen to me and then answer after a sufficient break in speech.

From what I can see, this app lags behind their web interface a bit, and I wouldn't be surprised if they had some approval trouble at Apple and will be rolling out updates more frequently now that the official app is out the door. As it stands, the voice transcription feature returns an API error and it doesn't seem to have any option to read the response to you with text to speech.

I'm hopeful to see what updates they roll out in the coming weeks

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by bradly »

NikolaNovak wrote: post #93

I clicked on the link on my PC. Noted the name of the app ("Openai ChatGP") and the description ("The official app by OpenAI") I opened App Store on my iPhone and typed the name of the app, verbatim . The official/correct app was not in the first 20 entries (which is as far as I was willing to scroll). Which, to me: 1. Shows why an official app is needed even though the web version works perfectly fine on iPhone and…

The App Store has had a problem with cold starts for a few years now. I remember a few years ago when I worked on App Store search it was a known problem when apps like Disney+ were released and users were searching directly for a new app immediately.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by blueberrychpstx »

armatav wrote: post #105

Does it use Whisper for transcription? (also transcription API call is bugged AF right now)

I wouldn't see why it wouldn't use Whisper. I just wish they could have gotten whisper.cpp working for live transcription on device.

But you can also turn on Voice Control and type with your voice without using Open AI - iOS dictation is getting better but not quite on par with Whisper by any stretch.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by criddell »

gkoberger wrote: post #29
clnq wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is probably no other reason to bring this app to iOS and Android. ChatGPT works very well as a PWA added to home screens.

I mostly agree, but the average person doesn't know that's even an option. They hear "You should use ChatGPT!" and they go straight to the app store to try it out.

That's probably a good thing. When non-technical users go looking for free apps outside of any official app store, the chances of installing malware go way up.

source: I used to do tech support for my family

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by blueberrychpstx »

jeffgreco wrote: post #103
theonemind wrote: post #64

What does this add over opening chat.openai.com in Safari? It seems like I could perhaps browse conversation history offline (but I can't tell for sure), and voice dictation. I've just used it in Safari with no problems, so I want to know if any compelling reasons exist to use the app. I'd guess it includes additional tracking enabled by an app and other undesirable aspects of an app.

It’s actually less functional than the web interface — plugins and web browsing features are unavailable. But it does do a LOT of haptic.

Haptic can be turned off via settings

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by spullara »

NikolaNovak wrote: post #93

I clicked on the link on my PC. Noted the name of the app ("Openai ChatGP") and the description ("The official app by OpenAI") I opened App Store on my iPhone and typed the name of the app, verbatim . The official/correct app was not in the first 20 entries (which is as far as I was willing to scroll). Which, to me: 1. Shows why an official app is needed even though the web version works perfectly fine on iPhone and…

Apple's search takes a bit to show new apps. Will likely be very prominent by tomorrow.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by spullara »

ericskiff wrote: post #113

I was excited to try this because I want to be able to use ChatGPT hands-free in certain circumstances. The ideal would be to put it into voice assistant mode, have it listen to me and then answer after a sufficient break in speech. From what I can see, this app lags behind their web interface a bit, and I wouldn't be surprised if they had some approval trouble at Apple and will be rolling out updates more frequently…

There are some great Siri shortcuts that work with the OpenAI API.

Edit: I am using this one https://github.com/Yue-Yang/ChatGPT-Siri

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