OpenAI ChatGPT just rolled out speech access to ChatGPT by phone and text access through the WhatsApp messaging system. The new services allow users to talk to and message ChatGPT to get answers. The phone access method enables users with an unstable or no data connection to use ChatGPT from a telephone while on the go, even without a ChatGPT account.

Speak With ChatGPT By Phone

Speaking with ChatGPT only requires setting up ChatGPT as a contact, using their 1-800-ChatGPT phone number, which in numbers is 1-800-242-8478. Once added to the phone’s contacts list a user can now phone and speak with ChatGPT to get answers.

The presenters phoned ChatGPT with an iPhone, an old flip phone and with a rotary dial telephone to demonstrate how it’s a phone call that is used to reach ChatGPT and access answers. You can do it on the road or at home from a land line.

The functionality is currently only available in the United States and is limited to 15 minutes of free calling per month. However you can also download the ChatGPT App and create an account to speak even longer.

ChatGPT On WhatsApp

OpenAI also announced a way to reach ChatGPT with WhatsApp, and it’s available to users around anywhere in the world. The demonstration showed the presenters accessing 1-800-ChatGPT on WhatsApp through the mobile phone’s contacts list. But it can also be accessed by scanning the following QR code.

The WhatsApp experience is currently limited to texting with ChatGPT and users can access it without having an account. OpenAI is working on ways to authenticate the WhatsApp access with a ChatGPT account and to be able to search with images.