The arrival of the ChatGPT app on iOS opened up a world of possibilities, especially now that, after WWDC 2023, It does not seem that Apple is going to enter, for the moment, in that market. Although the iOS app was quite basic, the truth is that ChatGPT has updated its version for iPad, opening up a world of possibilities for users.
The version of ChatGPT for iPad has received a update quite interesting with the idea behind taking advantage of the larger screen of the Apple tablet. But not only in terms of interface, but also of possibilities, something that is also extensible to iOS. In this sense, ChatGPT now allows drag and drop, compatibility with Siri and integration with iOS shortcuts.
On the iPad, ChatGPT will now run in full screen, instead of using the stretched version on the iPhone. Little else has changed for the iPad version in terms of interface.
ChatGPT now integrates with Siri natively
However, the highlight that the application now allows, natively, to make calls and requests to ChatGPT from Siri and use the chatbot. Ditto for integrating ChatGPT functionality into iOS custom shortcutswhich de facto makes it possible to use the chatbot from any application or input text or images, the possibilities are on the user’s side.
Logically, to use many of the advanced features and its integration into shortcuts for more than direct queries to the chatbot, you will need to use the premium version of the application. And for something more complex, you will have to use the ChatGPT API. Although many users were already integrating the OpenAI chatbot in iOS unofficially, this opens the door to not only do it with direct support. Also in centralizing it within the app and not having to resort to external code, which until now was quite slow if you wanted to integrate ChatGPT into Siri.
The update is now available to all users who can download ChatGPT for iOS in their region. A very interesting app that recently arrived in Spain, but is still not available in all countries of the world.