Well, it looks like ChatGPT has just leveled up by quietly rolling out a new feature in the U.S.—SearchGPT. Yep, now you can tap into real-time web searches directly within ChatGPT, at least if you’re one of the lucky few who are part of this very limited release. I stumbled across this update myself, noticing a shiny new search icon right where you’d usually type your queries in the iOS app. At first, I thought it might be just an update to the usual search index that pulls from Bing, but nope—this is something much bigger.
After poking around and giving it a go, it became clear that this is the much-awaited SearchGPT, designed to deliver real-time results. Now, ChatGPT can pull in things like weather updates or stock charts on the fly, and even serve up neatly organized news articles. It’s like having a turbocharged search engine baked right into your chat window. What’s extra exciting is that this is the first time we’ve seen this feature live in the wild, beyond just prototypes or leaks from reverse engineers.
But here’s the catch: for now, it’s U.S.-only, and even then, it’s not available to everyone. If you’re on Android or desktop, or not in the U.S., you might be out of luck (unless you’re creative with VPNs, like me). It seems to be running as an experiment on certain devices—particularly iOS and the web version.
One handy bonus is that you can now tweak your queries to either switch the search feature on or off as you need. And even if you don’t have access to SearchGPT, you can still open conversations that include search results. Pretty neat, huh?
Even more breaking 🔥 It might be a SearchGPT rollout 👀
Weather and stock chart widgets are also supported now.
Did anyone get it as well? https://t.co/rj8ycw6qJT pic.twitter.com/buC0baFPXq
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