OpenAI Adds Computer Use on Windows and Codex Profiles
On May 29, 2026, OpenAI’s ChatGPT release notes detailed major Codex updates: Computer Use support on Windows in the Codex app so eligible users can have Codex see, click, and type in Windows applications; remote control so work started on a Windows host can be monitored and steered from ChatGPT on iOS/Android or Codex on Mac; infrastructure improvements for responsiveness and in-app browser stability; and Codex Profiles showing identity, activity, usage stats, and token activity. Computer Use on Windows is unavailable in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland at launch.
TLDR
OpenAI on May 29, 2026, expanded Codex with Windows Computer Use and remote steering. Eligible users can let Codex operate Windows apps for testing and debugging, start work on a Windows machine, then continue oversight from mobile ChatGPT or Mac Codex while files and shell stay on the Windows host. The same release added Codex Profiles for usage visibility and infrastructure upgrades for browser-based workflows.
What’s new
According to the official ChatGPT release notes for May 29, 2026:
- Computer Use on Windows: In the Codex app, eligible users can ask Codex to see, click, and type in Windows applications while they test, debug, and refine software.
- Remote control: Users can begin work on a Windows machine and use ChatGPT on iOS or Android, or Codex on Mac, to check progress, continue threads, respond to prompts, and steer work while away. The Windows machine remains the host for project files, shell, app server, and local context.
- Infrastructure: Updates improve responsiveness and in-app browser speed, stability, and web compatibility.
- Codex Profiles: Eligible users can view Codex identity, activity over time, profile details, usage stats, and token activity.
- Geographic limit: Computer Use on Windows is unavailable in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland at launch.
Why this story matters
Agentic coding is moving from repository edits toward full desktop computer use. Shipping Windows Computer Use with remote multi-device control makes Codex more competitive with Claude Code and other agent CLIs for day-to-day engineering, while the EEA/UK/Switzerland carve-out shows how regional policy still shapes which agent capabilities ship where.
Sources
- OpenAI Help Center: ChatGPT Release Notes — “Codex updates: Computer use and remote control for Windows, usage profiles” (help.openai.com, dated May 29, 2026). Primary feature list and regional availability.
- Contemporaneous product coverage summarizing the Windows Computer Use and remote-control behavior (May 29–30, 2026).
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Windows desktop with Codex Computer Use overlay controlling an IDE window, plus a phone screen steering the same session remotely.
Tags
OpenAI, Codex, Computer Use, Windows, Developer Tools, Agents