Openai’s Chatgpt Ios App Now Available In Canada, India, Brazil And 30 More Countries Explained in Fewer than 140 Characters

OpenAI has expanded the availability of its ChatGPT app for iOS users in India and 32 other countries — just a week after its launch it in the U.S.

The list of new countries includes Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Estonia, Ghana, India, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Slovenia, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.

Earlier this week, OpenAI expanded the ChatGPT app to 11 additional countries after the U.S. Those include European nations such as France, Germany and Ireland as well as New Zealand, Nigeria, South Korea and the U.K.

In the first six days since its initial availability in the U.S. last Thursday (May 18), the ChatGPT mobile app has crossed the mark of half a million downloads, according to the data shared by app intelligence firm data.ai. This achievement makes it one of the highest-performing new apps. The app also outperformed other AI and chatbot apps as well as Microsoft Edge and Bing apps in the U.S. in terms of downloads since its launch, per data.ai.

The ChatGPT app, which is available for free download and excludes ads, lets users interact with the generative AI-based chatbot using their iPhone. It also supports voice input via OpenAI's Whisper speech recognition system, allowing ChatGPT Plus users to access advanced features via GPT-4. Additionally, a user can also subscribe to the ChatGPT Plus service directly from his iOS app. The price is $20/month in the US.

OpenAI currently only offers its ChatGPT app for iOS. However, the startup is backed by well-known VC firms such as Microsoft, Tiger Global and a16z, and an Android version is also in development and will be available soon.

The expansion of the ChatGPT app comes at a time when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is travelling to several countries to connect with policymakers around the world and understand their concerns about AI. The official met with some European leaders this week. He plans to visit India early next month.