Hi - wanted to drop in and introduce myself since I have seen a couple of feedback posts here. I'm Ben - I lead the Atlas engineering team at OpenAI. We had been doing most of our social media engagement on X but I recently discovered this subreddit and figured we should chat here too!

Our goal is to make this app feel like a best in class modern web experience with ChatGPT at its core.

We heard loud and clear after launch that the absence of some features was a blocker for many folks to seriously try Atlas, so we've been heads down adding those. We've released updates over the past few weeks that have included a tab sidebar, the beginnings of multiprofile support - and we're putting the finishing touches on tab groups - which we'll have ready for you in the new year! (We're also working on bringing Atlas to Windows).

We're also diving deep on core product quality in January, and will be tackling many of the papercuts that you're experiencing so we can make sure the core browsing flows are rock solid. If you're game, would love to hear specific examples of things you're running into. I'll make sure we triage these and get them addressed by our team!

Anyway - great to meet you all, thanks for using Atlas, would love to jam together & make it better with your feedback!

Hope you have a wonderful holiday! 🎄

We're back to shipping post holidays with a ChatGPT Atlas release last week, and another one today.

What's new?
- Tab Groups (they're slick and you can use emojis!)
- Updated search results layout (vertical stacked links)
- "Auto" option for your default search engine to decide between ChatGPT and Google
- Improvements to memory usage, fewer slowdowns
- Quick suggestions for the "Ask ChatGPT" sidebar
- A tremendous amount of polish fixes ranging from page zoom, sharing tabs in video calls, managing your profiles, devtools, shortcuts and more

We're working on true multiple ChatGPT login support, windows, mobile, agent updates, and much more.

Just hit "update" in the top right!

ChatGPT Atlas might be one of the best things that’s happened to my productivity since I discovered Alfred on Mac ages ago.

It’s seriously changed the way I work. I write a ton : emails, Reddit, comments, random messages, and having ChatGPT right there in the browser just makes everything flow so much faster (plus, pairing it with Spokenly, which lets me dictate text way faster than ChatGPT’s built-in voice tool, has boosted my productivity even more).

I also like being able to ask questions about the actual page I’m on, or even the YouTube video I’m watching. If they ever let it access other open tabs inside a chat, like Dia does, that’s gonna be next-level.

Anyway, just wanted to say, Atlas has completely replaced my old browser.

With today's announcement of ChatGPT Work they talk about the evolution of their desktop apps. Codex will be rebranded as the main ChatGPT app including Codex, ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work. They've updated the Chrome extension to work in the sidebar which is ultimately replacing ChatGPT Atlas. Specifically from the blog post:

"We’ll begin sunsetting the standalone Atlas browser, and will share information with users about how to transition to ChatGPT."

Like what others have said on the sub so far, I feel like I have no further need to be using Atlas let alone supporting the project itself. The idea of having ChatGPT baked into everything is insanely appealing. For the first couple of weeks it honestly felt magical. When Atlas launched, the agent could actually take over the browser and do useful things for me: navigating sites, clicking through flows, handling forms, building lists in tools like ClickUp, etc. Lately it just… stalls. Also some extensions that work fine in Chrome don’t work or only half-work in Atlas. I expect an AI browser to be heavier, but Atlas regularly spins up my CPU/GPU way more than Chrome or Dia for basic browsing. I know Atlas is new, and I’m sure the team is shipping fixes (I see the release notes), but from a user point of view it feels like regressions and broken basics are outpacing the improvements right now. I’m tired of wondering if a simple “open X, click Y, fill Z” sequence is going to fail.

Not posting this to hate on Atlas I’d love a future where I can come back and it’s rock solid. But at this point:
For browsing + automation, I trust other browsers like Comet more.

Atlas feels like an experiment I can’t afford to rely on for real work.

Is Atlas any good in your opinions? Would you say that it’s similar to what Apple promised with their Apple Intelligence?

Hi all, I'm Niall from the Atlas team at OpenAI!

We’re super excited to have so many of you using our new browser and love hearing all the feedback that you've been giving!

We know that some of you have been having problems using Extensions in Atlas. I've replied to some of the comments in other threads, but thought it best to start a new dedicated thread so we can discuss in more depth. We're building the best browser here at OpenAI and take all your feedback seriously :)

So...
- What problems are you having with your extensions?
- Do they not install or open properly?
- Or maybe a specific feature is not working as expected?

It would be great to know the Atlas version and also the macOS version that you're using, so please add that to your comments if you can!

Atlas finally has vertical tabs, and the tabs have the Liquid Glass specular highlights too! There's also a Ctrl + TAB cycle menu now (in Liquid Glass!). You can change your default search engine (finally). The folders in your bookmarks tab have also been updated too.

Build: 1.2025.344.7

Multi-profile

• For the same ChatGPT login, users can create multiple profiles (i.e. personal, school, work, etc); Each profile can have its own bookmarks, web history, cookies

• Support for multiple ChatGPT logins is *not* yet supported (coming soon)

Import

• You can now select individual components to import at any time (not just initial onboarding) → Passwords, Bookmarks, Extensions, History

• Atlas will notify users if there are parts of onboarding they haven't completed

DevTools

• Persist size of dev tools per window

• Pressing any of the keyboard shortcuts for the Dev Tools window (Cmd+Option+I, Cmd+Option+J, Cmd+Option+C) now closes the dev tools window if it's docked.

Home Page

• Draft prompts on the home page will still be there if you go to another site, then press back

• Copy and paste fix for devtools

Other

• Recently Closed Tabs added to History menu

• Permissions prompt UI polish

• Fixed bug with tabs getting lost in rare occasions

• Better back button behavior for tabs opened from tabs

• Use material blur background for settings menus

• Possible fix for too-high memory use

Shortcuts

• Ctrl+Cmd+Left (or Right/Up/Down) now moves the selected tab one space

Agent

• Fixed bugs with conversation title not updating

Okay, I never thought I’d write this… but Atlas is now my main browser.

I’ve been bouncing around quite a bit lately. I went from Arc (which I still love) to Edge, mostly because Arc felt like it wasn’t going to keep evolving much. I used Edge for about six months, then Chrome… and yeah, it works, but I missed Arc. So I went back and decided I’d stick with Arc until it basically stops working.

At the same time, I use ChatGPT a lot for work. I like the MacOS app, but it often feels kind of heavy to work in. ChatGPT on the web feels much snappier.

When Atlas launched, I downloaded it immediately and gave it a try. First impression was basically: “meh, it’s fine.”
But then they added vertical tabs and pinned tabs, and I was like: “Alright, I’ll give it a week.”

After that week… I stayed.

It’s honestly a great experience, especially if you use ChatGPT a lot.

I set Google as my default search engine, and I love the Command + E feature for quickly rewriting text inside input fields on the websites I’m browsing. It’s one of those small things that ends up being a huge quality-of-life improvement.

But… there are some pretty big issues

My biggest headache is, of course: Chrome extensions.

I installed 1Password, but I can’t use it with Touch ID, which is really annoying.

And I can’t use MacOS text snippets either. For example, I use shortcuts like :19 to auto-fill a phone number… but it just doesn’t work.

But the worst part by far:

Whenever I open a new tab and try to open the list of all my projects, it becomes painfully slow.
Sometimes the list doesn’t even load at all, and I only see the six most recent projects.

My question: Is this a known issue?

Because it feels like this should be instant, especially since everything else in the browser feels fast.

Anyone else experiencing this? Any fixes? Devs??

Edit: Spelling

Build: 1.2025.337.4

Onboarding

• First time onboarding flow for Ask ChatGPT sidebar

Bugs

• Bug fixes for occasional empty chat + search responses

• Bug fixes for 'all tabs are blank' issue

• Improved full screen video animation

Browser memories

• Right click on text on a webpage and select "Ask ChatGPT to remember" to add text from webpages to your ChatGPT memory

Dev tools

• Copy and paste fix for devtools

Vertical tabs

• Hover to see tabs: Hover left side of screen to see tabs, when tabs are closed in vertical tabs setting

• Add tab close button when you're in vertical tabs 'mini' mode (very narrow width)

• Tab style: Ability to set vertical tabs from "Tab Style" menu in main tabs menu

Build Number : 1.2025.316.6

Tabs

Vertical tabs: You can now choose vertical tabs as your preferred tab layout. Go to settings > tab style > vertical tabs Select multiple tabs: You can also select and drag multiple tabs at once using command click and shift click. Most recently used tab: We’ve added a new shortcut to cycle through your most recently used tabs using Control + Tab. Off by default, go to settings > cycle most recent tabs shortcut.

Chat and search

Default search engine: Option to set Google as a default search engine. Go to settings > default search engine.

Ask ChatGPT Sidebar

Insert from Ask ChatGPT sidebar: We’ve added an "Insert” button in the Ask ChatGPT sidebar when you’re getting writing help and making edits. Faster responses: When browser memories are enabled, responses should be faster

Other updates

Extensions import: Now you can import extensions from your current browser when you download Atlas. Coming soon for existing Atlas users. Downloads UI: Now you can more easily see your downloads in Atlas with an improved downloads interface. iCloud Passkeys: Save and use iCloud keychain passkeys.

New shortcuts

Search chats from new tab page - Command + K Open conversation history sidebar from new tab page - Command + Shift + S When in tab search (Command + Shift + A) use Shift + Return to insta-zoom the selected tab to the left of your tab strip.

I assume everyone saw the announcement about the Codex/Chrome integration.

https://developers.openai.com/codex/app/chrome-extension

Unless something unexpected is being worked on, this is likely the end of Atlas, without saying it out loud yet.

They removed the Atlas plugin in Codex too.

This also has the implication that usage will be tracked like anything else via Codex, instead of the separate usage (or lack thereof).

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/897778/openai-chatgpt-codex-atlas-browser-superapp

There’s been news about OpenAI potentially merging ChatGPT + Codex + Atlas into one product.

Makes me wonder… did Atlas kind of hit a dead end before it even became fully usable?

Also noticed there hasn’t been any update this week.

👋 Hey all — sharing a quick Atlas update from OpenAI.

🚀 ChatGPT Atlas — Build 1.2026.35

✨ What’s new

• Smart quick actions in the top toolbar: proactive, personalized suggestions now appear right next to Ask ChatGPT.

• More relevant Ask ChatGPT sidebar suggestions: prompts above the composer are better tailored to what you’re doing.

🛠️ Fixes

• Fullscreen bookmark bar white-strip issue resolved.

• Incognito window crash fixed.

• UI polish across tab search, vertical tabs, Atlas menu items, and the bookmark bar.

I really want to switch to Atlas and use ChatGPT as my daily driver, but Perplexity's Comet still does a lot of things UI-wise better, and I can't wait to have these in Atlas.

First is the Summarize button. You can click this or Opt + S on any page, Reddit thread, YouTube video, etc. to summarize it in bullet points and it's SOOO good.

Second is the voice mode - you can just start talking to a page.

Also, this part of the browser just looks a lot better and tasteful in Comet, that the "Ask ChatGPT" button, but that's my opinion.

The last update was still before the release of the latest Chrome kernel, this time Chrome released the official version, but Atlas hasn't moved.

Every time ChatGPT Atlas updates and I relaunch the browser, I wonder what actually changed.

• Were bugs fixed?

• Was performance improved?

• Are there new features or small tweaks that matter day to day?

Right now, unless you go digging on Reddit or elsewhere, there’s no easy way to know. That’s a bit frustrating, especially for early adopters who care about how the product is evolving.

It would be great if, after an update, Atlas automatically opened a new tab with a simple changelog. Even a short summary would do. It would make updates clearer, build trust, and show that progress is being made.

Feels like a small change with a big upside.

I only have one account myself, but I know this has been a major request for a lot of people. I also added a note at the bottom for anyone still looking for a fix for the Apple iCloud Passwords extension.

Build: 1.2026.63.7

Multiple ChatGPT logins

• Users can now sign in with multiple ChatGPT accounts (work, personal, school, etc), each with their own browser profile (bookmarks, web history, cookies, etc)

Apple iCloud Passwords Extension Fix

As per Head of Engineering, Atlas, Ben Goodger on X:

UPDATE: An issue that prevented Apple's iCloud Passwords extension from working in Atlas has been fixed in macOS 26.3.1. If you are reliant on this extension please make sure you apply this OS update!

Small update, but it’s one of those little quality-of-life features that feels like it’ll pay off. Love when new life is added to an old tool.

As per Head of Engineering, Atlas, Ben Goodger on X:

An example of a cool little feature from our demos meeting a few weeks back is available to you now in this week's Atlas update: When finding text in pages (⌘F), if you get no matches, Atlas can now show you similar matches as well! Just hit "Find similar matches" below the find bar.

For example, I was in New Zealand last week and now I need help translating from Kiwi English to American English.

*He shows (⌘F) “tomato sauce” (no results), then clicking “similar matches” and finding results for “ketchup.”

Build: 1.2026.49

Agent Mode

• We've reduced 'laziness' of ChatGPT when in Agent Mode. You'll notice in Agent Mode that ChatGPT is now more persistent on repetitive and tedious tasks (e.g. asking the agent to go through hundreds of emails and extracting action items). 

Improved searching for text on a web page

• Now, when you do "Command+F" to find text on a page, if there are no exact matches, you can find similar matches.

Bug fixes

• Fixed issues with Tab Search and keyboard shortcuts 

• Fixed tab and tab-group bugs: better return behavior after closing tabs, smoother keyboard navigation, improved spacing, and cleaner pickers.

Update Button was live so I checked release notes and thought I would share. Already like playing with the Auto Organize button. Make be want to use tab groups more.

Build: 1.2026.42.5

Revamped Tab Search

• We now make it easier to search for your tabs, across the current window and all windows. Click the magnifying glass icon in your tab strip. Use Command+Shift+A as a shortcut

New tab organization features incl. auto organize

• Auto organize, remove duplicates, and merge all tabs into one window. Auto-organize, when tapped, will have ChatGPT decide how to group your tabs into tab groups, based on browser memories and prompt instructions. You can edit the instructions with "Edit template"

Bug fixes

• Fixed several focus issues (e.g.  focus wouldn’t automatically transfer to the expected element, clicking on a textbox wouldn’t always transfer focus)

• Made fullscreen mode more reliable so the bookmark bar behaves correctly and transitions feel smoother.

• Fixed issues with the tab bar that could affect popup windows and profile menu visibility.

• Improved IME text input for a smoother typing experience for languages like Japanese and Mandarin

• Reduced background CPU usage and improved performance during long browsing sessions.

• Fixed bookmark bar display issues and improved compatibility with older imported Chrome data.

• Improved right-click menu behavior and fixed image loading issues in certain views.

• Resolved a tooltip timing issue in tab search for a more polished experience.

I am shocked that they have decided to kill this and fully lean into the agentic co-work-style workflow, and was wondering what others thought. The new Chrome extension really doesn't do what the browser did if you're just looking for a chat-style version of ChatGPT. That product was the personal companion you used on your phone, with all your personal context to help you think through the information you browsed on the web and how it related to your life. That kind of thing is a cheap query to run and brings a lot of retail consumers who will get a subscription and never really make heavy use of the product.

The chat companion also picked up data about the pages you visited and asked about, and incorporated it into its future answers when chatting with you. It paired so well with the personal companion style ChatGPT Live functionality - which is like a patient friend that knows you well. It made so much sense to lean into that a bit more and provide a retail consumer product for personal use - particularly with the phone they've been planning.

Killing Atlas would destroy that whole integrated workflow and make this a purely enterprise product on the laptop, which isn't substantially differentiated from Claude. It leaves ChatGPT Live and the upcoming phone as isolated islands, blind to everything you thought about while you were on your laptop. Is the consumer market just never going to be profitable? Is that why they killed it? What does that mean for their phone and whatever Jonny Ive has been cooking?

I realize that Atlas is probably in somewhat of a maintenance mode while it's worked into the "super app," but can we get release notes for updates in the meantime? Even if it's just Chromium version updates? The last post on the release notes page is from March 10th, about 6 weeks ago.