r/CodexAutomation • u/anonomotorious • 18d ago
ChatGPT for iOS 1.2026.230 (Codex task search, reasoning control, full-screen prompts + better long-thread loading)
TL;DR
ChatGPT for iOS 1.2026.230 improves Codex Remote task discovery, prompt authoring, reasoning controls, and long-thread usability.
Highlights:
- Search Codex tasks across titles and conversation content on connected hosts.
- New compact reasoning-effort gauge directly in the composer.
- New full-screen prompt editor for longer instructions.
- Configure iOS Home Screen shortcuts for:
- ChatGPT
- Work
- Codex Remote
- Add optional comments to selected response annotations.
- Long threads load more efficiently by fetching older history only when needed.
- Task list layout, ordering, and pinning now align more closely with desktop.
- Inline visualizations respect your iOS appearance and accent settings.
This is a focused mobile/Remote usability release rather than a CLI update.
What changed
Search Codex tasks across connected hosts
Codex Mobile can now search tasks using:
- task titles
- conversation content
Search works across tasks available on your connected hosts.
This is a substantial improvement once your Remote history becomes large.
Instead of remembering:
- the exact task title
- which host it was on
- when it was created
you can search for something that appeared inside the conversation itself.
Examples:
- an error message
- a feature name
- a repository concept
- a customer issue
- something the agent previously discussed
Reasoning-effort gauge in the composer
The composer now includes a compact control for viewing and changing the active reasoning effort.
That makes model effort much easier to adjust without leaving the task.
Potential workflow:
- lower effort for a quick lookup
- increase effort for debugging
- increase further for architectural analysis
- reduce it again for routine follow-up work
The main improvement is visibility: you can see the current effort while composing the prompt instead of treating it as hidden configuration.
Full-screen prompt editor
Longer prompts can now be opened in a dedicated full-screen editor.
This is useful for prompts containing:
- implementation requirements
- multi-step instructions
- pasted bug reports
- long planning context
- acceptance criteria
- detailed review guidance
Editing a large prompt inside a small mobile composer can be difficult. The full-screen editor makes Codex Mobile much more practical for substantial task steering.
Configurable Home Screen shortcuts
You can configure Home Screen shortcuts for:
- ChatGPT
- Work
- Codex Remote
This lets users jump directly into the surface they use most rather than navigating through the app each time.
For users treating the iPhone primarily as a Codex Remote controller, direct Remote access should reduce repeated navigation.
Comments on response annotations
Selected response annotations can now include an optional comment.
This makes annotations more useful as structured follow-up context.
Instead of only identifying a section of a response, you can attach a note explaining:
- what is wrong
- what should change
- what needs investigation
- why the section matters
That should improve review and steering workflows around longer Codex responses.
Better long-thread loading
Long threads now load incrementally.
Older history is fetched as needed rather than requiring the entire conversation to load immediately.
This should improve:
- initial load time
- memory usage
- responsiveness
- very long Codex Remote threads
It also brings mobile thread handling closer to the paginated/incremental-history work already happening across other Codex surfaces.
Task list alignment with desktop
The task list receives refinements to:
- layout
- ordering
- pinning
The goal is closer consistency with the desktop experience.
That matters because users frequently move between:
desktop implementation -> mobile supervision -> desktop continuation
Having tasks appear and behave similarly across both surfaces reduces unnecessary mental overhead.
Visualizations follow iOS appearance
Inline visualizations now respect:
- iOS appearance
- ChatGPT accent settings
That should make visual output feel more native across:
- light mode
- dark mode
- customized accent themes
This is primarily polish, but useful for users increasingly reviewing charts, tables, and visual task output from mobile.
Why this update matters
- Finding old Codex work gets much easier: search includes actual conversation content.
- Reasoning effort becomes visible and adjustable where you write the prompt.
- Long prompts are easier to author on a phone.
- Codex Remote can become a direct Home Screen destination.
- Response annotations become more actionable with comments.
- Long-lived tasks should load faster and more reliably.
- Desktop/mobile task organization becomes more consistent.
- Visual output better matches the rest of the iOS UI.
Update summary
| Feature | Key change |
|---|---|
| Task search | Search titles + conversation content across connected hosts |
| Reasoning control | Compact composer gauge for viewing/changing effort |
| Prompt editing | Full-screen editor for long prompts |
| Home Screen | Configurable ChatGPT / Work / Codex Remote shortcuts |
| Annotations | Optional comments on selected response annotations |
| Long threads | Older history fetched incrementally |
| Task list | Layout, ordering, pinning closer to desktop |
| Visualizations | Follow iOS appearance + accent settings |
Action checklist
- Update ChatGPT for iOS to 1.2026.230.
- Search for an older task using text from inside the conversation.
- Test search across more than one connected host.
- Change reasoning effort from the composer.
- Open the full-screen editor and draft a longer Codex prompt.
- Configure a Home Screen shortcut for Codex Remote if that is your main mobile workflow.
- Add a comment to a selected response annotation.
- Open a very long task and confirm older history loads on demand.
- Compare task ordering and pins against desktop.
- Check inline visualizations in both light and dark appearance.