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TL;DR OpenAI is testing direct messaging features in ChatGPT’s mobile app, along with group chats.
Hints for the DM function were spotted in the code for ChatGPT’s Android app.
Sora, OpenAI’s video generation and sharing app, already allows users to have public profiles and send DMs to others.
Ever since its broke onto the scene, ChatGPT has been designed for single-user use. That might be changing soon as OpenAI prepares to add a direct messaging feature to its mobile apps, which should allow you to interact with other human users — adding a social aspect and possibly opening up avenues for collaboration.
Following its update to version 1.2025.273 beta, the ChatGPT app for Android has new references hinting at the ability to send DMs (direct messages). Based on the code discovered and shared by engineer Tibor Blaho on X (via SammyGuru), ChatGPT could soon let you message other users, either in peer-to-peer chats or in groups.
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We’re unsure whether it also allows multiple GPTs to be part of the group chats — though it would be a useful addition, allowing two different bots to interact and iterate on responses before dishing them out to you. Blaho points out that direct messaging in ChatGPT is still in its early stages and will exclude your personal history or context from previous chats with the chatbot.
“Direct Messages” has now been added to the ChatGPT Android app (version 1.2025.273 beta) – codename “Calpico” / “Calpico Rooms” Direct messaging was first introduced yesterday in the new Sora 2 iOS app, and now code references in the ChatGPT Android app show it includes direct… pic.twitter.com/e2kzWyu4N9 — Tibor Blaho (@btibor91) October 1, 2025
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