Archive · 21 Aug 2026
ChatGPT Adds Apple Messages Integration for Mac With AI Replies
ChatGPT can now work with the Messages app on a Mac.
It can search through a person’s conversations.
It can also help explain what happened in a chat.
Users can ask it to write a reply.
They can edit the reply before sending it.
OpenAI says the tool can also send messages for users.
The feature is available in ChatGPT Work and Codex on desktop.
Some people may worry about privacy because the AI can read and analyze stored messages.
OpenAI launched an Apple Messages plugin that connects the app with ChatGPT on macOS.
The plugin can search messages and help users catch up on conversations.
Users can ask ChatGPT to draft, edit, and send replies, according to OpenAI.
The feature is available in ChatGPT Work and Codex on desktop.
Users can install it through Plugins > Public, raising concerns about AI access to private messages.
- Who
- OpenAI, ChatGPT, and Mac users; OpenAI product staff member Ari Weinstein described the integration.
- What
- An Apple Messages plugin lets ChatGPT search, read, analyze, summarize or catch up on conversations, and draft, edit, and send replies.
- When
- The feature was announced on August 20, 2026.
- Where
- In Apple Messages on macOS, through ChatGPT Work and Codex on desktop.
- Why
- To make it easier for users to find messages, understand conversations, and prepare or send replies.
Convenience and productivity
Privacy and communication control
Managing conversations
Convenience and productivity
The plugin can help users find messages and catch up on chats without manually browsing through conversations.
Privacy and communication control
Connecting ChatGPT to stored Messages conversations gives an AI system access to potentially private communications, creating privacy concerns.
Sending replies
Convenience and productivity
Users can draft, edit, and send replies within the same ChatGPT workflow, which may make routine messaging easier.
Privacy and communication control
Allowing an AI tool to send messages raises concerns about giving it a role in personal communications, even though the articles do not specify additional safeguards.
- Developer
- OpenAI
- Integrated app
- Apple Messages
- Platform
- Mac desktop running macOS
- Availability
- ChatGPT Work and Codex on desktop
- Capabilities
- Search, read, analyze, and catch up on conversations; draft, edit, and send replies
- Installation
- Plugins > Public
- Concern
- Privacy implications of allowing ChatGPT to access and process messages
