Codex Mobile: Turning Your Phone Into a Remote Control for AI Coding Agents
OpenAI recently brought Codex into the ChatGPT apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android. At first glance, that sounds simple enough: now you can use Codex on your phone. I do not think that is the interesting part. Honestly, who wants to review code diffs on a phone for half an hour? That sounds more like punishment than productivity. The real point of Codex Mobile is that it turns the phone into a remote control for AI coding agents. The code still runs on your laptop, Mac mini, devbox, or remote environment. The phone is there for checking progress, answering questions, approving commands, changing direction, and dropping in a new task when an idea shows up. ...