1. Chat deletion bug causing message repost and automatic replies
When I switch between different chats or delete a chat on the Android app, whether it’s a temporary one or a long-term thread I’ve been using for weeks, the last message I sent in that chat is automatically reposted into the newly opened chat. The app does this instantly, without any input from me. ChatGPT then immediately begins responding. I don’t get to start a fresh chat manually. I get a recycled, out-of-context message I didn’t ask to send, and a response I didn’t ask for.
This happens every single time I delete a chat, and often when switching between existing chats. I have to either wait while it replies to a pointless prompt, or stop the response and delete that chat too. Sometimes the loop happens again before I can finally start a blank chat.
This has caused me to accidentally delete entire projects containing 20 or more chats with critical, ongoing work because I don’t realize it’s taken me to the project page while I’m in this repeat loop of starting and deleting chats that are out of my control. I have screen recordings showing how this plays out.
I lost a project with 20+ chats that I’ve been managing for weeks, and it’s the SECOND TIME that I’ve lost WEEKS of work the same way. I pay for this tool.
2. The new voice-to-text feature on Android is broken and disruptive
This new voice-to-text experience, rolled out in the past month, immediately caused problems. Instead of letting me review what I said before sending, the app now auto-sends the transcribed message the moment I stop talking. There is no way to review, edit, or build the message incrementally like before.
It was briefly removed after rollout, and I was relieved. I assumed someone realized how dysfunctional it was. But now it’s back… and it’s the only option.
Here’s what’s happening:
I will voice a message for one or two minutes, full of important information, and when I click send, it says “sending” but then nothing happens. The message evaporates. The entire voice note is just gone. I have to start all over and repeat everything I just said. This sometimes happens more than once in a row. It’s a huge waste of time.
I can’t build a layered message anymore. With the previous voice-to-text, I could dictate part of a message, then continue dictating more, adding layers and context, and only send it once I was ready. Now I can’t do that. I have to cram everything into a single dictation and if something goes wrong, it’s just gone.
And the longer I speak, the more likely I am to lose the whole thing. This forces me to break up my thoughts unnaturally, because I can’t trust the feature to capture anything longer than a few sentences, and it responds to each individual message instead of responding to an entire, well-constructed request.
Furthermore, if the voice-to-text feature misinterprets a word I’ve said, I cannot review the text of my request before sending. This can alter the app’s interpretation of my request, creating a nonsense response that is totally irrelevant and based on its misunderstanding of a word I’ve dictated. The other day while leaving a voice-to-text inquiry, the app interpreted a word that I said as “ventriloquism” and it gave me a comprehensive response about ventriloquist dummies. I was not asking about ventriloquist dummies and had not made any previous mention of ventriloquism as it had nothing to do with the topic at hand. I then had to spend time explaining the error and re-guiding the chat to the topic I was requesting information about. Waste of time, all because I could not review my voice-to-text before sending.
I also used to be able to add attachments like files or images before sending a voice message. Now I can still add them, but if I use voice-to-text afterward, only the voice message sends. The attachments don’t get sent simultaneously. ChatGPT then responds to the voice message alone, which lacks the intended context, and the result is a completely unhelpful response. I then have to explain the error that has occurred, reattach the image, and repeat myself.
This one update has broken what used to be a vital part of my workflow. It’s not just frustrating. It’s actively sabotaging how I use this app.