- Access to Chatgpt-5 is given to all Chatgpt users
- You get new features like chatgpt -voice and better writing
- Chatgpt-5 access is rolling out right now
At today’s chatgpt-5 launch event we got to see exactly why Openai is so excited about the new version of Chatgpt. It is faster, more intuitive, less likely to hallucinate and can be integrated with your gmail in even more useful ways of knowing more about you.
In fact, at one point, the Openai representatives actually got chatgpt-5 to write an eulogy for the previous chatgpt-4o model as a demonstration of how much better its writing features had become.
The eulogy was justified because Openai does not limit access to chatgpt-5 to plus and pro-subscribers-it gives it to free level users, so everyone now has access to a better chat. This effectively means the end of the chatgpt-4o.
The vast majority of today’s presentation was about how much better chatgpt-5 was writing code than previous versions, and also how much better it was on enterprise applications, such as law, health care, education and finance.
Of course, most of us simply use chatgpt to help us get things done in our daily lives, but there were plenty of improvements that are also worth noting for everyday users and they are most accessible in the free levels.
Let’s look at what you get access to without paying.
1. Writing Improvements
As with GPT -4o, the difference between free and paid access to GPT -5 is the volume of use. At some point at the free level, your access to the GPT-5 will reach the use limit and then you will be kicked back to the GPT-5 Mini.
Plus subscribers get significantly higher volume of use before it happens. This means you can access the improved writing capacity in GPT-5. You find out that its prose has much more rhythm and strikes it than the prose in the GPT-4o did.
2. Chatgpt voice
With the free level, you still only get limited access to chatgpt-5s voting mode (along with uploads, image creation and data analysis), but you should have more access per. Day now than you did before.
What used to be called ‘Advanced Voice Mode’ is now called ‘Chatgpt Voice’. Openai says “Standard Voice Mode retires on September 9, 2025 and unites all users at Chatgpt Voice”.
Chatgpt voice is better than before, with more natural sounding conversations. Press the voice button on the mobile app to chatgpt to give it a turn right now.
3. New highlighting colors
You’ve always been able to change the theme Chatgpt from light to dark to system, but now you can add accent colors to your chats in the settings. These apply to items in chatgpt-5 such as conversation bubbles and highlighted text.
This is the first time color has been used in chatgpt -interface and it takes some to get used to, but I think this is a feature you will enjoy.
What you don’t get
Chatgpt-5 has better memory, reduces hallucinations, and as a free user you get all that too. So what don’t you get?
Well, as before, access to the Sora AI Videor Generator is limited to Plus and Pro users, just like Chatgpt Agent. And in terms of new models, the superpower Chatgpt-5 Pro is only available to PRO users.
But I still suck on GPT-4o?
If you hitish hit the update button on your chatgpt page and wait for access to GPT-5, you are not only right now, but it is on the way.
A message on the Openai site says: “We are gradually rolling out GPT-5 to ensure stability during launch. Some users may not yet see GPT-5 in their account as we increase the availability of steps.”
