Chat versus Apps: when to use which

Chat is a flexible conversation. Focused Apps provide a workspace designed around a particular result, such as a translation, document analysis, research report or meeting summary.

Choose Chat when

• You want to explore an idea or ask several kinds of question.
• Your task needs conversational refinement.
• You want to combine reusable Skills with an editable document.

Choose a focused app when

• You want a dedicated writing or grammar workflow.
• You need a document, image or meeting workspace.
• You want research sources, a mind map or a structured analysis.

Open Apps to compare the cards. You can return to Chat for a different task, but do not assume a separate app inherits every message or file from another conversation. Supply the relevant context where you are working.

See Overview of all ten apps for the focused tools.

Browse the Chat and app video guides, or compare the ten apps and their individual how-to pages.