OpenAI offers app integrations in ChatGPT to allow you to connect your accounts directly to ChatGPT and ask the assistant to do things for you. For instance, with a Spotify integration , you can tell it to create personalized playlists that will show up right in your Spotify app. To get started, make sure you’re logged into ChatGPT. Then type the name of the app you want to use at the start of your prompt, and ChatGPT will guide you through signing in and connecting your account. If you want to set everything up at once, head over to the Settings menu, then click on Apps and Connectors. You can browse through the available apps, pick the ones you like, and it’ll take you to the sign-in page for each one. However, it’s important to note that connecting your account means you’re sharing your app data with ChatGPT. Make sure to review the permissions you’re giving when you’re linking your accounts. For example, if you connect your Spotify account, ChatGPT can see your playlists, listening history, and other personal information. (Sharing this info helps personalize the experience, but if you have privacy concerns, consider whether you’re comfortable with this level of access before connecting.) You can also disconnect any app whenever you want, right from the Settings menu. Image Credits: OpenAI Angi Angi is one of the most recent companies to launch an in-app experience within ChatGPT. The online home service marketplace gives users a way to ask home improvement questions directly in the AI chatbot and request to be matched with an Angi professional in one place. Users can ask about house projects and repair guidance, then request a quote and be directed to Angi, where they can continue the experience with its own AI assistant. Booking.com Image Credits: OpenAI This integration with the online travel giant is designed to help travelers, especially first-time visitors in need of suggestions for where to stay. Techcrunch event This Week Only: Up to $482 savings for Disrupt 2026 Offer ends April 10, 11:59 p.m. PT Your next round. Your next hire. Your next breakout opportunity. Find it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, where 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders gather for three days of 250+ tactical sessions, powerful introductions, and market-defining innovation. Register now to secure these savings. This Week Only: Up to $482 savings for Disrupt 2026 Offer ends April 10, 11:59 p.m. PT Your next round. Your next hire. Your next breakout opportunity. Find it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, where 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders gather for three days of 250+ tactical sessions, powerful introductions, and market-defining innovation. Register now to secure these savings. San Francisco, CA | October 13-15, 2026 REGISTER NOW Once you link your Booking.com account, you can ask ChatGPT to find hotels in your preferred city based on your dates and budget. You can also specify how many people are coming and whether you want the hotel near public transport. ChatGPT aims to make this process more intuitive than searching directly on the Booking.com site. Plus, you can be more specific, like searching for options “with breakfast included.” When you find a hotel you like, just open the Booking.com listing to complete your reservation. Canva Image Credits: Canva Canva in ChatGPT is a helpful tool for graphic designers and anyone else who needs to generate visual content quickly. Whether it’s for a social media post, a poster, or a slide deck for a presentation, this may be a good way to help kickstart your project and brainstorm ideas. Once you connect your Canva account, you can ask ChatGPT to design something like “a 16:9 slide deck about our Q4 roadmap” or “a fun poster for a dog-walking business.” You can include specifics such as the fonts you prefer, color schemes, formats (like Instagram posts or stories), and exact dimensions. AI-generated designs are seldom perfect, with occasional distorted images or spelling mistakes. However, some users may find this better than starting from scratch, and they can jump into Canva at any time to tweak their design and make it look just how they want. Coursera Image Credits: Coursera Coursera’s integration is designed to help you quickly discover the best online courses for your skill level. For instance, you can then tell ChatGPT to find an “intermediate-level course on Python.” You can then tell the chatbot to compare course options by rating, duration, and cost before enrolling. ChatGPT can also provide a quick rundown of what exactly each course covers. DoorDash Image Credits: DoorDash DoorDash introduced its ChatGPT integration in December 2025, which aims to save users time on meal planning and grocery shopping. Users can ask the chatbot for a meal plan and instantly add all ingredients to their DoorDash cart, then review and check out. ​Currently, this feature is available only to users in the U.S., with participating grocery retailers, including Kroger, Safeway, Fairway Market, Wegmans, and more. Expedia Image Credits: Expedia ChatGPT can display hotel options and flights via Expedia without leaving chat. Whether you’re looking for a quick escape or a longer trip, it can find flights that fit your travel dates, budget, and number of travelers. You can narrow things down by saying stuff like “Only show 4-star hotels.” Once you see something you like, go to Expedia to finalize everything and book your trip. Figma Image Credits: Figma To use Figma in ChatGPT , you can ask it to generate diagrams, flow charts, and more. This is helpful for turning your ideas and brainstorming sessions into something more tangible. It may also be useful for visualizing complex concepts or workflows. You can also upload files and ask the chatbot to generate a product roadmap for your team. This roadmap can include milestones, deliverables, and deadlines, helping your team stay organized and focused on their goals. Quizlet Quizlet recently launched a native app within ChatGPT, allowing students to convert AI conversations, notes, or documents into study materials and flash card sets. Plus, users can now enter an active practicing mode in ChatGPT, where they can access Quizlet’s library of millions of study sets. SeatGeek In March 2026, SeatGeek launched a native app within ChatGPT, helping eventgoers find anything from the cheapest seats at the game and the best view for a concert to kid-friendly options for a weekend event. Spotify Image Credits: Spotify One of the most helpful aspects of using Spotify in ChatGPT is the ability to quickly create playlists and listen to new recommended songs tailored to your specific tastes. You can ask it to create a playlist based on your current mood, or just a playlist that only includes tracks by your favorite band. It can also suggest new artists, playlists, audiobooks, and podcast episodes. Additionally, ChatGPT can perform actions on your behalf, including adding and removing items from your Spotify library. Target Image Credits: Target Retail giant Target strategically launched a beta version of its ChatGPT integration before Black Friday. This feature allows shoppers to ask the chatbot for gift suggestions and quickly create a shopping basket with multiple items without leaving ChatGPT. For example, users can request ideas for a movie night, and the chatbot will provide a curated selection of available Target items. Shoppers can add these items to their cart and make a purchase using their Target account. They can then choose from same-day “Drive Up,” in-store pickup, or standard shipping. Uber If you’re planning a trip, the Uber integration makes it easy to find ride options, which is especially useful if you’re in a new country. You can set up your trip in the ChatGPT app, then complete the ride request and payment in the Uber app. Currently, it’s only available in the U.S., and it doesn’t let you book rides in advance; only on-demand rides are available. You can choose from options like UberX, UberXL, Comfort, and Black. There’s also an Uber Eats integration for U.S. users, so you can check out local restaurants and menu items within ChatGPT, then finish paying in the Uber Eats app. Wix Image Credits: Wix In March 2026, website builder Wix launched its integration, allowing users to prompt ChatGPT to create a functional website with just a text or voice prompt. Users can describe the capabilities they want the website to have, how it should look, and other desired features. Additionally, existing Wix users can manage their business within ChatGPT, which can handle scheduling, payments, SEO, accessibility, performance, security, and more. Zillow Image Credits: Zillow If you’re looking for a new home, Zillow in ChatGPT could make the search experience more straightforward. Using a simple text prompt, you can find homes that meet your criteria and apply filters to narrow the results. Whether you’re looking for a specific price range, number of bedrooms, or particular neighborhoods, you can specify these details in your prompt, making the search process much more efficient and tailored to your needs. What’s next? Alongside the announcement that OpenAI would bring apps into ChatGPT, the company also said it plans to welcome additional partners soon, including OpenTable, PayPal , and Walmart . These will launch in 2026. The rollout of ChatGPT’s app integrations is currently limited to the U.S. and Canada. Users in Europe and the U.K. are excluded for now. This story has been updated to include newly launched integrations. Topics AI , Apps , ChatGPT , evergreens Lauren Forristal Lauren covers media, streaming, apps and platforms at TechCrunch. You can contact or verify outreach from Lauren by emailing laurenf.techcrunch@gmail.com or via encrypted message at laurenforris22.25 on Signal. View Bio April 30 San Francisco, CA StrictlyVC kicks off the year in SF. Get in the room for unfiltered fireside chats with industry leaders, insider VC insights, and high-value connections that actually move the needle. Tickets are limited. 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Update (April 7, 10:30 p.m. PT): The company has updated the app store listing and removed references to the Android app. But it also added that the iOS keyboard is coming soon. Google on Monday quietly released an offline-first dictation app called “Google AI Edge Eloquent” on iOS to take on the likes of Wispr Flow , SuperWhisper , Willow , and others. The app is free to download, and once its Gemma-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) models are downloaded, you can start dictating on your phone. In the app, you can see the live transcription, and when you hit pause, the app automatically filters out filler words like “um” and “ah” and polishes the text. Below the transcript are options like “Key points,” “Formal,” “Short,” and “Long” to transform the text. Image Credits: Screenshot by TechCrunch You can also turn off the cloud mode to use local-only processing. (When cloud mode is on, the app uses cloud-based Gemini models for text cleanup.) The Google AI Edge Eloquent can import certain keywords, names, and jargon from your Gmail account, if desired. Plus, you can add your own custom words to the list. The app displays the history of the transcription session and lets you search through all of them as well. It can show you words dictated in the last session, your words-per-minute speed, and the total number of words spoken. “Google AI Edge Eloquent is an advanced dictation app engineered to bridge the gap between natural speech and professional, ready-to-use text. Unlike standard dictation software that transcribes stumbles and filler words verbatim, Eloquent utilizes AI to capture your intended meaning. It automatically edits out ‘ums,’ ‘uhs,’ and mid-sentence self-corrections, outputting clean, accurate prose,” the company’s App Store description reads. I was saying “Transcription.” Still early days for this app. Image Credits: Screenshot by TechCrunch While the app is currently only available on iOS, the App Store description references an Android version. (We have reached out to Google for more information and will update the story if we hear back.) According to the description, Eloquent offers “seamless Android integration,” where it can be set as users’ default keyboard for system-wide access across any text field. Plus, the app will be able to use the floating button feature, similar to the one Wispr Flow uses on Android , for easy access to transcription from anywhere. AI-powered transcription apps are gaining popularity among users as speech-to-text models get better. With this experimental app, Google is joining the trend . If this test is successful, we could see improved transcription features across Android, too. Topics AI , Apps , Dictation , Google , voice AI , Wispr flow Ivan Mehta Ivan covers global consumer tech developments at TechCrunch. He is based out of India and has previously worked at publications including Huffington Post and The Next Web. You can contact or verify outreach from Ivan by emailing im@ivanmehta.com or via encrypted message at ivan.42 on Signal. View Bio April 30 San Francisco, CA StrictlyVC kicks off the year in SF. Get in the room for unfiltered fireside chats with industry leaders, insider VC insights, and high-value connections that actually move the needle. Tickets are limited. REGISTER NOW Most Popular Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline Ivan Mehta Apple’s foldable iPhone is on track to launch in September, report says Aisha Malik AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost Jagmeet Singh North Korea’s hijack of one of the web’s most used open source projects was likely weeks in the making Zack Whittaker In Japan, the robot isn’t coming for your job; it’s filling the one nobody wants Kate Park Embattled startup Delve has ‘parted ways’ with Y Combinator Anthony Ha Anthropic says Claude Code subscribers will need to pay extra for OpenClaw usage Anthony Ha Loading the next article Error loading the next article X LinkedIn Facebook Instagram youTube Mastodon Threads Bluesky TechCrunch Staff Contact Us Advertise Crunchboard Jobs Site Map Terms of Service Privacy Policy RSS Terms of Use Code of Conduct OpenAI Iran Gas Prices Tesla Apple Tech Layoffs ChatGPT © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC.

Google on Monday quietly released an offline-first dictation app called “Google AI Edge Eloquent” on iOS to take on the likes of Wispr Flow , SuperWhisper , Willow , and others. The app is free to download, and once its Gemma-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) models are downloaded, you can start dictating on your phone. In the app, you can see the live transcription, and when you hit pause, the app automatically filters out filler words like “um” and “ah” and polishes the text. Below the transcript are options like “Key points,” “Formal,” “Short,” and “Long” to transform the text. Image Credits: Screenshot by TechCrunch You can also turn off the cloud mode to use local-only processing. (When cloud mode is on, the app uses cloud-based Gemini models for text cleanup.) The Google AI Edge Eloquent can import certain keywords, names, and jargon from your Gmail account, if desired. Plus, you can add your own custom words to the list. The app displays the history of the transcription session and lets you search through all of them as well. It can show you words dictated in the last session, your words-per-minute speed, and the total number of words spoken. “Google AI Edge Eloquent is an advanced dictation app engineered to bridge the gap between natural speech and professional, ready-to-use text. Unlike standard dictation software that transcribes stumbles and filler words verbatim, Eloquent utilizes AI to capture your intended meaning. It automatically edits out ‘ums,’ ‘uhs,’ and mid-sentence self-corrections, outputting clean, accurate prose,” the company’s App Store description reads. I was saying “Transcription.” Still early days for this app. Image Credits: Screenshot by TechCrunch While the app is currently only available on iOS, the App Store description references an Android version. (We have reached out to Google for more information and will update the story if we hear back.) According to the description, Eloquent offers “seamless Android integration,” where it can be set as users’ default keyboard for system-wide access across any text field. Plus, the app will be able to use the floating button feature, similar to the one Wispr Flow uses on Android , for easy access to transcription from anywhere. AI-powered transcription apps are gaining popularity among users as speech-to-text models get better. With this experimental app, Google is joining the trend . If this test is successful, we could see improved transcription features across Android, too. Topics AI , Apps , Dictation , Google , voice AI , Wispr flow Ivan Mehta Ivan covers global consumer tech developments at TechCrunch. He is based out of India and has previously worked at publications including Huffington Post and The Next Web. You can contact or verify outreach from Ivan by emailing im@ivanmehta.com or via encrypted message at ivan.42 on Signal. View Bio April 30 San Francisco, CA StrictlyVC kicks off the year in SF. Get in the room for unfiltered fireside chats with industry leaders, insider VC insights, and high-value connections that actually move the needle. Tickets are limited. REGISTER NOW Most Popular Google Maps can now write captions for your photos using AI Aisha Malik A teenage Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me. Amanda Silberling 4 days left to save close to $500 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 passes TechCrunch Events Trump administration plans to cut cybersecurity agency’s budget by $700 million Zack Whittaker Why a former AirPods engineer is now building heat pumps Tim De Chant The AI gold rush is pulling private wealth into riskier, earlier bets  Rebecca Bellan Adobe launches Acrobat-based Student Spaces, a free AI-powered study tool for students Ivan Mehta Loading the next article Error loading the next article X LinkedIn Facebook Instagram youTube Mastodon Threads Bluesky TechCrunch Staff Contact Us Advertise Crunchboard Jobs Site Map Terms of Service Privacy Policy RSS Terms of Use Code of Conduct OpenAI Iran Gas Prices Tesla Apple Tech Layoffs ChatGPT © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC.

On Tuesday, Spotify expanded its Prompted Playlists feature to include podcasts , an update that could make it easier for Premium users to find new shows to listen to. Prompted Playlists were originally launched as a beta feature in December, but previously only worked for music. You can use the feature to effectively generate customized Discover Weekly playlists using text prompts to "steer the algorithm" toward specific genres or themes. Tuesday's update allows you to do the same thing with playlists of podcast episodes. The feature is still in beta, though, and is currently only available in English for Premium users in the U.S., Canada … Read the full story at The Verge.

Boone Ashworth Gear Apr 9, 2026 5:30 AM This AI Button Wearable From Ex-Apple Engineers Looks Like an iPod Shuffle Two former Apple Vision Pro developers made an AI wearable that only listens when you tap it. They hope to win where other AI gadgets have fumbled: privacy. Courtesy of Button Save this story Save this story Everybody seems to want to stick AI into some oddly shaped box or another. Sometimes it's a note transcriber or a wearable pin that doesn’t quite work, or an always-listening Friend necklace that ultimately ends up being a vessel for shitposting . Now there is a button. Chris Nolet and Ryan Burgoyne are former Apple employees who worked on developing the Apple Vision Pro . They're associated with startup accelerator Y Combinator , and the duo’s new device, available for preorder for $179 and set to ship in December, is an AI hardware puck simply called Button . Courtesy of Button The Button does what it says on the brushed aluminum tin. It is a button, inside a case that looks (deliberately) like an iPod Shuffle. Inside is a generative AI chatbot. Press the button to enable the chatbot to listen, answer questions, and take demands. It will answer out loud or can connect to earbuds or smart glasses via Bluetooth. It’s a simpler use case than the obvious comparison that is the Humane Ai Pin, a wearable device released in 2024 that was billed as a veritable smartphone replacement but failed to deliver on its promises and was shut down a year later. The Button boys want there to be a couple of differentiators for their gadget, namely privacy and immediacy. The device only works when you push the button, so it does not listen passively to absolutely everything around it. Nolet says the focus on privacy comes from his experience meeting and talking with someone he later found out had been recording their entire conversation with a wearable device. “It really freaked me out,” Nolet says. “It's one thing if I make a conscious decision to share something, but that’s totally a different thing. If people are just wearing around these pendants, or they're recording all of our conversations, I think it feels a little icky to me.” Courtesy of Button The other goal of the Button is rapid response time. Unlike the Humane Ai pin, which got lots of criticism for taking a painfully long time to reply to queries, the Button is designed to be nearly instantaneous. In a demo via Zoom call, I watched Nolet ask the Button for a recommendation for the best sandwich shops in my neighborhood. While the Button didn't choose my idea of the best sandwich place around, it did at least answer all the questions within a second. It can also be immediately interrupted by pressing the button, which is a great feature for people like me who cannot tell a chatbot to shut up fast enough. Nolet is unapologetic about the very clear Apple ethos you might be able to suss out in the design. “The Humane pin felt a little geeky to wear, right?” Nolet says. “But the iPod shuffle? Really cool. That's where the idea started, and then we just put all of our Apple-esque expertise into it and tried to refine it into something that we thought would actually be useful.” Nearly all their product images and videos show the Button being used as a wearable, but Nolet insists the device can also be kept in a pocket, bag, or car glove box as well. “My cofounder says we can't tell people it looks cool; they have to decide,” Nolet says. “Our intention is to build something that is kind of fashionable, but it's up to you guys to tell us if it's cool.” Though Apple has long been a leader in technological coolness, it has struggled in the virtual reality space, specifically with its too expensive, too heavy Vision Pro and that devices complicated rollout . Apple is not alone on that front. Meta is actively rejiggering support for its VR efforts. Nolet posits that part of the reason for that instability is that VR has required building hardware and the software ecosystems to support it at the same time. “There was no software innovation that we were anchored to as an industry, so I think it’s quite a hard pitch," Nolet says. "It’s much, much easier to stand on the shoulders of giants.” Courtesy of Button The dominant devices these days—smartphones, laptops, watches, even smart glasses and VR—are born of designs that precede the AI era. Nolet points to the ideas of Ben Thompson, who has written about the cyclical nature of hardware and software development. Like the way Apple captured the internet on the hardware of the smartphone, Nolet wants the Button to be the hardware answer to generative AI. “You can use the internet on your PC, but it's better on the phone,” Nolet says. “The new innovation is AI. You can use AI on your PC, you can use it on your phone, but our pitch is that it's better on the Button.” This is how lots of pitches for AI hardware can feel. The Button will also be competing in a space where AI giants like OpenAI are building their own AI hardware aimed to meet the moment. Some of these efforts are bound to pan out better than others. Nolet says it feels inevitable that somebody will always be building to find the perfect form for this AI foundation. “I don't think that iPhones are going anywhere,” Nolet says. “We are not trying to replace the phone. It's a complementary device. But I think for all these reasons, the iPhone has one or two feet squarely in the past. It is built for an age before voice AI. And now as we're going into this new era, maybe computers just look different.”