The ChatGPT app has finally come to Android devices, albeit in only four countries. OpenAI announced on Tuesday that the ChatGPT Android app is available on the Google Play Store in the US, India, Bangladesh, and Brazil. The company plans to roll out the app in other countries this week.
OpenAI released its AI chatbot for iOS devices in May this year. The company also staggered the regional rollout of the app at the time. ChatGPT may be witnessing a slowdown in popularity — downloads of both the ChatGPT and Bing apps dropped heavily in June. The release of the Android app may help address this downward trend.
Android users in the US, India, Bangladesh, and Brazil can download the ChatGPT Android app from the Google Play Store. While more countries will get the app in the coming days, OpenAI has yet to put out a clear timeline for its worldwide release.
Due to strict privacy regulations or geo-political restrictions, the latest ChatGPT app may never be available in certain countries like Russia, China, and Iran. But you can access ChatGPT from anywhere in the world with a VPN.
How to Download the ChatGPT Android App
If you’re not in any of the four countries where the ChatGPT Android app is available, you can still download it by changing your Google Play Store location. However, Google only lets you change your country once every 365 days.
Using a VPN is a more effective and hassle-free solution. A VPN lets you temporarily change your IP address, allowing you to download apps and other content that are unavailable where you live. You can use a VPN to download ChatGPT on your Android device. Once you’ve got the app and signed in, you can use it freely without a VPN.
Follow these steps to download the ChatGPT Android app with a VPN:
- Download a solid VPN. We recommend NordVPN. It has nearly 2,000 servers in the US, and thousands of servers across the globe, so you can access content from anywhere.
- Open the app and connect to a US server.
- Go to the Google Play Store and download the ChatGPT app.
If you can’t find the ChatGPT app, you may have to clear your Google Play Store cache.
ChatGPT Crosses Half-Year Anniversary, Security Concerns Remain
After its release in November 2022, ChatGPT quickly became one of the most talked-about tech innovations in recent times. Organizations, large and small, continue to experiment with ways to integrate the generative AI tool into their work processes.
However, there are apprehensions about ChatGPT in some circles. For example, the US House of Representatives only allows members and employees to use ChatGPT Plus, while global electronics titan Samsung banned the use of the app.
Cybercriminals continue to target ChatGPT login credentials to profit from all the hype. With all the security concerns around the AI chatbox, it is important to use a solid VPN for ChatGPT to keep your data encrypted and anonymized.
Read our guide to the privacy risks of ChatGPT to learn more about how this chatbot could compromise your safety and how to use it safely.
