OpenAI has begun rolling out an update that gives ChatGPT users a dedicated hub for managing scheduled tasks, making a previously underused feature more visible and considerably more functional within the chatbot’s interface.
Users opening ChatGPT’s sidebar will now see a shortcut to a new Scheduled page, which displays any active tasks assigned to the chatbot along with their scheduled run times. From this page, users can pause, edit, or delete upcoming requests without needing to track them manually through conversation history. Alongside the new interface, OpenAI has made the underlying scheduling system more robust, stating that all tasks now run faster and more reliably than before. Users can specify a task to run at a precise time or within a broader window such as morning, afternoon, or evening, giving more flexibility in how time-based requests are structured.
The update also introduces support for monitoring tasks, which allow ChatGPT to proactively search the web or scan connected apps on the user’s behalf according to a set schedule, rather than requiring the user to initiate each search manually. This positions the feature closer to an autonomous research or alert tool than a simple reminder system, expanding what scheduled tasks can practically be used for beyond basic time-based prompts. The new scheduled tasks experience is rolling out to Go, Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users across both web and mobile platforms, though OpenAI has not indicated when, or whether, the feature will become available to users on the Free tier.
Alongside the scheduling overhaul, OpenAI is sunsetting Pulse, the personalized daily summary feature the company introduced the previous year. Pro users will be able to continue using Pulse for the next 14 days, after which the functionality will be fully retired, with OpenAI directing users toward the new Scheduled hub as the replacement mechanism for generating similar future summaries going forward.
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