Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app, letting you monitor, steer, and approve coding tasks from iOS or Android across laptops, devboxes, and remote environments.
Key Takeaways
Mobile app loads live session state from connected machines, syncing screenshots, terminal output, diffs, and test results in real time.
A secure relay layer keeps trusted machines reachable across devices without exposing them directly to the public internet.
Remote SSH is now generally available, letting Codex connect into managed enterprise environments with approved credentials and security policies.
New enterprise features include programmatic access tokens for CI pipelines, Hooks for prompt scanning and repo-level customization, and HIPAA-compliant local use for ChatGPT Enterprise.
Over 4 million weekly Codex users; mobile rollout is in preview on all plans including Free.
Hacker News Comment Review
Commenters confirmed Codex is usable on the free plan with no paywall to start, though rate limits kick in quickly after a few requests.
Linux users are blocked from the Codex desktop app; CLI workaround via codex remote-control exists on master but requires building from source and overriding version to avoid mobile app rejection.
Reliability of cross-device sync drew mixed early reports: generally better than Anthropic’s Remote Control but some users saw queued messages fail to propagate between phone and desktop.
Notable Comments
@stavros: describes Symphony as an alternative pattern using the issue tracker as LLM UI, cloning repos per ticket to parallelize work and reduce waiting.
