Codex 26.715: ChatGPT Voice & Multi-Folder Projects
Codex app update 26.715 (July 23, 2026): GPT-Live-powered ChatGPT Voice steers work across Chat, Work, and Codex, and local projects gain multi-folder support.
The Codex app update 26.715, released July 23, 2026, brings two changes. First, ChatGPT Voice — powered by the GPT-Live voice model — arrives in the ChatGPT desktop app, letting you start, check, and steer work across Chat, Work, and Codex threads by voice. Second, local projects now support multiple folders, so one project can span several related directories. Voice is available on Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, and Enterprise plans.
ChatGPT Voice — What Actually Changed
Voice input used to mean a spoken chat: ask a question, hear an answer. In 26.715, ChatGPT Voice reaches across the desktop app's three surfaces — Chat, Work, and Codex — and is aimed at directing work that is already running.
- Steer other threads: start a new chat or task by voice, then ask ChatGPT to start, check on, or redirect work running in other threads
- Full-duplex GPT-Live: the model can speak, hear, and listen at the same time, so turn-taking is closer to a conversation than to press-to-talk
- Screen context (macOS): enable it and the app shares an appshot of your frontmost window, so you can give instructions about what is on screen
Practically, this is an interface for the moments you are away from the keyboard — waiting on a build, reviewing something else, walking between meetings — when you want a status check or a course correction. Note that the phone side is different: iOS reaches Codex through Remote, and was not built to take actions on the device the way the desktop app does.
Multi-Folder Projects — Where AGENTS.md Is Discovered
The second change looks minor and isn't. Local projects were previously one folder, so a split frontend/backend layout, or a shared library in its own repository, meant switching projects to move between them.
| Capability | Primary folder | Secondary folders |
|---|---|---|
| Origin for new chats | Yes | No |
| Git operations | Yes | No |
| AGENTS.md / skills / config.toml discovery | Yes | No |
| File search | Yes | Yes |
| Read and edit files | Yes | Yes |
So even with several folders in a project, agent configuration (AGENTS.md, skills, config.toml) and Git operations still key off the single folder you designate as primary. Secondary folders are there to be searched, read, and edited. The practical rule: make the repository whose configuration you want in effect the primary one.
How to write AGENTS.md itself is covered in our AGENTS.md guide for OpenAI Codex. With multi-folder projects, that one file now governs a wider working set.
How to Set It Up
- Add folders: in the ChatGPT desktop app, open the project menu, choose Edit project, add the related folders, and pick which one is primary
- Start voice: enter voice mode in the desktop app and begin a new chat or task. For work already running, just ask for its status or tell it to change direction
- Screen sharing (macOS): turning on Screen context shares a snapshot of your frontmost window. Bring only the window you intend to share to the front before enabling it
Plans and Platforms
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Version | Codex app 26.715 (July 23, 2026) |
| Voice plans | Plus / Pro / Business / Edu / Enterprise |
| Voice availability | ChatGPT desktop app, and via Remote on iOS |
| Voice model | GPT-Live (full-duplex) |
| Screen context | macOS, snapshot of the frontmost window |
| Multi-folder | Local projects: one primary plus multiple secondary folders |
How It Fits Alongside Other Agent Setups
Running several coding agents in parallel has mostly been a terminal-side problem, solved with multiplexers and parallel-session desktops. Voice in 26.715 doesn't replace those; it adds one low-friction way to control work that is already running. For choosing between the agents themselves, see Codex vs Claude Code vs Cursor vs Copilot, and for Codex basics, the OpenAI Codex beginner's guide.
Caveats Worth Planning For
- Misheard commands and destructive actions: voice trades typos for mishearings. Keep irreversible operations — branch deletion, merges — behind an on-screen confirmation even when initiated by voice
- Scope of screen sharing: the appshot covers the frontmost window. Don't enable it while customer data or credentials are on screen
- Choosing the primary folder: configuration and Git follow the primary, so decide which repository leads before adding the rest
- Corporate data handling: audio and screen snapshots are input data too. Confirm they fall under your organization's AI usage policy
FAQ
Is ChatGPT Voice available on the free plan?
As of this update it is listed for Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, and Enterprise plans. It runs in the ChatGPT desktop app, and on iOS you reach Codex through Remote.
How much work can you actually hand off by voice?
Beyond starting a new chat or task, you can start, check on, and redirect work running in other threads. The execution still happens on the agent side, so voice is best understood as an interface for directing and supervising work rather than doing it.
Does multi-folder support remove the need for a monorepo?
No. A project can now include several folders, but Git operations and AGENTS.md / skills / config.toml discovery still follow the primary folder. There is no single cross-repository commit, so repository structure remains a separate decision.
Can files in secondary folders be edited?
Yes. Secondary folders are available for file search, reading, and editing. What they do not provide is the origin for new chats, Git operations, or automatic discovery of AGENTS.md, skills, and config.toml.
When is macOS Screen context useful?
When the thing you want to talk about is hard to describe in text — an error screen, a design mockup. Because it captures the frontmost window, move anything you would rather not share out of the front before turning it on.
Summary
26.715 is not a new model — it is an update to how you operate agent work you already have running. Voice adds a way to direct in-flight tasks while you are away from the keyboard, and multi-folder projects cut the context switching that split repositories force on you. Neither is flashy, but both remove daily friction, and the primary-folder choice in particular is worth deciding up front since it determines which configuration takes effect.
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