Overview
- OpenAI released a Chrome extension for Codex on macOS and Windows that lets the agent operate inside a live browser session with multi‑tab context and DevTools access.
- Codex can navigate sites, open new tabs, use the user’s logged‑in state, and take screenshots to run multi‑step tasks across the web.
- Users install the tool from the Codex app’s Plugins menu, which links Chrome to Codex for in‑browser actions.
- OpenAI says weekly active users have reached about 4 million this year, an eightfold rise that supports its push to make the agent useful for daily work and developer workflows.
- OpenAI’s documentation says the extension may request access to history, bookmarks, downloads, website data, and debugging features, and it creates its own tabs and seeks approval before interacting with new sites.