Codex for Mac adds Appshots, remote locked-Mac control
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- Appshots debuts on Codex for Mac, triggered by pressing Command-Command to attach an app window to a Codex thread; OpenAI says Codex receives both a screenshot and the window's text, including content beyond what's visible onscreen.
- The /goal command graduated from experiment to a full feature, letting users assign Codex a specific milestone to keep working toward across hours or days, with check-ins, steering, pausing, and side chats to inspect progress without interrupting the main task.
- The in-app browser inside Codex is now faster and more precise, gaining an advanced annotation mode and support for batch comments.
- Business users can now share custom plugins between teams, while enterprise customers must contact OpenAI to request early access to shared-plugins support.
- Analytics for business and enterprise tiers now break down active users, credits, tokens, runs, user leaderboards, lines of code generated, and plugin usage.
- Codex can now drive a Mac remotely from a phone — even when the computer's screen is off and locked, with no need for the Mac to be unlocked first.
Why it matters: Codex now reads app content beyond what's visible onscreen, works toward milestones unsupervised for hours, and controls a Mac from a phone with the screen off and locked — pushing the tool from a chat assistant toward an always-on agent. Business and enterprise tiers gain shared plugins and detailed analytics (lines of code, user leaderboards), turning what was a personal coding tool into a team-deployable platform OpenAI expects admins to govern.
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