Yesterday, OpenAI released a new update for ChatGPT that brings the Apple Messages Plugin to users.
Everyday conversations just got easier with the new Apple Messages plugin.
Search messages, catch up on conversations, draft and send replies—all with ChatGPT on your Mac.
Now available in ChatGPT Work and Codex on desktop. pic.twitter.com/nicfZMuxZc
— ChatGPT (@ChatGPT) August 20, 2026
Use Apple Messages Plugin in ChatGPT Work and Codex
On Apple Silicon Macs, the Apple Messages plugin in the ChatGPT desktop app can read and search iMessage, SMS and RCS conversations and prepare or send messages through the Messages app.
It doesn’t let you interact with ChatGPT remotely through Messages, and it doesn’t work in regular ChatGPT chats.
Users can install the plugin from Plugins> Public and grant the required macOS permissions before ChatGPT can access Messages. Once installed, it can find, summarise, draft, or send messages. By default, ChatGPT sends messages only after you approve the message and its recipients.
You can choose Allow once to approve only that send, or select Always allow sending to this chat; ChatGPT can send future messages to that chat without another send approval.
As per OpenAI, if you want to restore per-send approval, open Settings> Computer use and select Manage next to Messages. Under Always allow to send, select the trash icon next to the chat, then confirm Remove. ChatGPT will ask before sending to that chat again.
Availability
The plugin is available on all plans in the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS and works with ChatGPT Work and Codex. For this release, the Messages plugin is included only in the Apple Silicon (arm64) build of the ChatGPT desktop app.
Apple Messages plugin runs on your Mac. It isn’t directly available in ChatGPT on the web or mobile, Codex CLI, or the IDE extension.
In managed workspaces, administrators can disable Apple Messages through the existing Computer Use control.
