Personal finance help comes to the desktop app
OpenAI said on Nov. 11 (4:46:33 a.m. Nov. 12 Japan time) that ChatGPT's personal finance feature, "Finances," is now available in the desktop app, in a post from ChatGPT's official account on X. Users need to update the desktop app to start using it. According to the post, it is available to Free, Go, Plus and Pro users in the U.S.
🤑🤑🤑 Cha-ching 🤑🤑🤑 Finances are now in the desktop app. Find ways to save, understand your spending, and make sense of your investments. You can also build custom financial tools. Update the desktop app to get started. Finances is available to Free, Go, Plus and Pro users in the U.S.
The post listed three things Finances can do: find ways to save, understand spending and make sense of investments. It also said users can build "custom financial tools." OpenAI's announcement page and help page do not explain what these tools are. The post includes a video just under 27 seconds long.
Official help page still lists web, iOS and Android
The post says only "desktop app" and does not name the supported operating systems. As of the morning of Nov. 12 Japan time, OpenAI's help page said "Finances is available in the U.S. to Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users on web, iOS, and Android," with no mention of the desktop app. The latest entry in ChatGPT's release notes is dated Nov. 10 and does not include desktop support for Finances. The release notes for the macOS and Windows apps do not mention it either.
Finances launched for "Pro" users in the U.S. on May 15, expanded to "Plus" on June 25, and to the free tier and the low-cost "Go" plan on Oct. 2. Until now, OpenAI had described it as available on web, iOS and Android.
Voice support announced earlier in November
On Nov. 3 (Nov. 4 Japan time), OpenAI also said through its official account that the voice conversation feature "ChatGPT Voice" can be used in Finances. Finances connects to bank and brokerage accounts and answers questions based on that information. According to the help page, ChatGPT cannot carry out actions such as transfers, payments or buying and selling stocks.
