OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Atlas browser made a big splash with its AI-powered experience this week. But it only took a few days for Adam Fry, Atlas’ product manager, to share a “post-launch fix list” on X. The list covers features that many power users expect from web browsers, along with upgrades to the AI side of things. It’s a pretty extensive list, as you can see below, but some of the items are bigger than others and could make or break Atlas’ success as it competes with Chrome and newer AI-powered rivals.
We’ve received incredible feedback since launching our new browser, ChatGPT Atlas, yesterday. We’re really focused on building the best product for all of you, and since launch, the team has been head down and making it better. In the spirit of transparency, these are the very… pic.twitter.com/UzQSqcxwpj23 October 2025
1. Tab groups and profiles
First on the list are the options to group tabs and switch between profiles. These are elements that many desktop browser users take for granted. Tab groups let you group related pages into one collapsible set, while profile switching keeps bookmarks, history, and context separate.
Since many people have separate profiles for work and personal use, this is more than a perk; it is a necessity. For now, Atlas offers the basic Chrome experience, but lacks the fine-grained controls that many may prefer for their tabs. If Atlas can handle that reliably, it will reduce the burden of browser chaos that many of us who open 50 tabs at a time deal with every day.
2. Shortcuts and bookmarks
Freeze’s list mentions an “overflow bookmarks menu” and a shortcut list. For users, this means you don’t have to endlessly scroll through bookmarks on the toolbar. Instead, the extra material will roll into a neat overflow. And a shortcut menu, as the name suggests, makes it faster to access frequently used features, whether it’s opening the chat sidebar, saving tabs, or launching agent mode. This kind of UI polish isn’t a huge spectacle, but it helps make Atla more than just a demo. It’s the kind of tweak you don’t notice when it works, but definitely notice when it’s missing.
ChatGPT Atlas is a web browser, but it’s the AI elements that make the real difference. Fry specified that there will be upgrades to the sidebar where the AI assistant lives. Soon you’ll see a model selector that lets you choose which version of ChatGPT you want to interact with, as well as access ChatGPT’s project features.
The browser will also allow users to attach multiple tabs in the composer and clean up “@mentions” to give more and better context to your requests. That way, when you’re working across multiple browser tabs, perhaps searching for an article or planning a trip, you can link multiple tabs to one task inside the sidebar, choose the model that’s best for the task, and preserve context via attachments.
That’s a notable difference from some AI browser experiments that are limited to a single chat window. Atlas’ promise is a more tightly integrated fusion of browser and AI assistant, and you’ll have to put less into ChatGPT.
4. Fast agents
The powerful agent mode for ChatGPT Atlas enables AI to open tabs, click buttons, fill out forms, and otherwise act on a user’s behalf. Freeze’s list promises that it will soon include faster first responses and fewer missed triggers for action, while being better at waiting when it needs to and smoother animation overall. Basically, you don’t have to hover over the agent as much to make sure it works the way you want it to.
5. Passwords saved, ads blocked
One of the more browser-specific items on Fry’s list might appeal most to casual users: an opt-in ad blocker and more flexible handling of captive portals — the public Wi-Fi logins that can crash a browser. Despite being designed around AI, Atlas launched without these features at first.
The list also contained fixes for password manager integrations. By naming them explicitly, OpenAI seems to be responding to demands from people eager to use Atlas in every way they use their current browser. Fewer browser crashes are always a good selling point.
There are also plenty of other items on Fry’s list. They all hint at ambitious plans for apps inside Atlas and more integration with existing third-party apps and services. While Fry didn’t promise a specific timeline, the very fact of the announcement makes it clear that Atlas will change as soon as possible and that OpenAI is listening. And if Atlas gains traction, everyone else, from Google Gemini to Opera Neon to Perplexity’s Comet browser, must catch up.
However, any major glitches in the upgrades will be a problem. Some users will remain wary of AI within each tab due to privacy concerns, although ad-blocker and profile support can help alleviate this concern.
The average person may not care about the model architecture or the company’s strategy, but they do care if their browser works. These fixes show that OpenAI recognizes this fact and is adapting quickly.
Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews and opinions in your feeds. Be sure to click the Follow button!
And of course you can too follow TechRadar on TikTok for news, reviews, video unboxings, and get regular updates from us on WhatsApp also.
