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ChatGPT — August 14, 2026

This release brings significant updates to learning and project management, available to all users. Practice and study with interactive quizzes, and easily adjust memory settings for existing projects to control context usage. Linux users can now access the ChatGPT desktop app in public preview, while web and Android apps receive usability improvements like personalized suggestions, persistent dictation, and keyboard focus for smoother workflows. These enhancements streamline your experience across all devices.

Added

  • Change an existing project’s memory setting. For eligible unshared projects, switch between default and project-only memory without starting a new project. Shared projects remain project-only.

Changed

  • ChatGPT app experience updates
  • We’ve made it easier to study with interactive quizzes, manage project memory, and move between typing, dictation, and desktop work.
  • Learning, Projects, and personalized suggestions
  • Practice with interactive quizzes. Ask ChatGPT to quiz you on a topic and answer questions directly in your conversation. Available to all consumer ChatGPT plans and Edu plans on web and mobile.
  • Get suggestions that fit how you use ChatGPT. Eligible paid users can see homepage suggestions based on their conversation history and connected tools.
  • Web
  • Use Think on Free and Go. Select Think on the web when you want ChatGPT to reason through a harder question.
  • Android
  • Switch between typing and dictation. The dictation button stays available after you add text or attachments, so you can continue building the same message.
  • See suggestions that stay in sync. Composer suggestions update as you type or delete text.
  • Keep typing with a physical keyboard. Connected keyboards keep the composer focused, preventing interruptions while you write.
  • Linux desktop
  • Use ChatGPT and Codex on Linux. The desktop app is now available globally in public preview on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and 26.04 LTS, Debian 13, and Fedora 43 and 44.
  • Work in the built-in browser or Chrome. Browser actions are available in the Linux app; controlling other desktop apps is not yet supported.
  • Download ChatGPT for Linux.
  • Edit memory settings for existing projects
  • You can now change a project’s memory setting after you create it. Open the project, select the three-dot menu, choose Project settings, and select Default memory or Project-only memory under Memory.
  • With project-only memory, ChatGPT can use conversations from the same project for context, but it won’t reference memories or conversations from outside the project. Information from the project is also kept out of memory used in chats outside the project.Changes may take a few hours to take effect.
  • This update is available on all ChatGPT plans. Shared projects continue to use project-only memory and cannot be switched to default memory. ChatGPT Work is not available in projects using project-only memory.
  • Learn more about Projects in ChatGPT.
ChatGPT — August 14, 2026 — Release Notes