As a heavy chatGPT user, I would say I really want Atlas can be my default browser, because its simplified by daily workflow of using AI, previously “copy text (screenshot) → paste in AI app → write prompt → iterating my work”, now is more like “open ‘Ask ChatGPT’ side bar → prompt → iterating work” , so by skipping the “copy & paste” step, this can significantly decrease my mental load. Overall, well done team.
but, if you want users like me really stick to Atlas, you guys needs to add & fix these at least:
Customizable default page, tbh most user will set their default page to Google because chatGPT and Google (.com) carries different responsibility, we STILL NEED GOOGLE.
Where is developer tools?
Chrome’s tool bar, or at least reallocate downloads to more obvious place.
(optional) A vertical tab bar would be better, and I believe it’s the future trend of browser design
(optional) Split screen support, see latest Chrome update
Add GPT-5-Support as the final AI support option before human support. Through no fault of my own, 2FA has stopped working for me, hence I can no longer push to GitHub, etc. - now have an offline Nightlands (multiplayer video game ) Project. Our current AI support is WAY too mindless, soulless and heartless; and just leads you by the nose round and round in circles for hours through a labyrith of deadends - even if you have recovery codes - and human support is snowed under, hence we NEED a GPT-5-Support that can look at a customer or client and say: “Well this person is obviously the same person, using the same computer, from the same location - and has been for years - and hence has not had their computer taken over and/or their identity stolen.”
considering how they used the open source browser fork, and google chrome works on windows. I was also wondering why the windows version couldn’t be released.
Although i think that would be direct competition to microsoft edge copilot feature which might be off the table since microsoft’s invest on openAI
in order to allow AppleID sign in (using fingerprint) it would have to use the webkit api that safari uses, no?
The chatgpt macos app was developed using swift, therefore can actually called upon Apple’s sign in api’s. which it is my understanding the fork for open source chromium doesn’t have the ability to.
i also hate it. one of the main reasons i still use safari.
One thing I feel it is missing is a way to have “stored prompts”, particularly useful for agents.
When using scheduled tasks it will not properly access connected services in the same way the agentic mode does by manual prompting. But having to type it all over again is a pain.
If there were some stored prompts like a hot dial pad, I could easily trigger these automation tasks, making the most use of atlas differential that is being already logged into the sites I need for the task.
I’m using ChatGPT Atlas on my Mac and think it’s great. I REALLY want the ability choose ‘Ask every time’ for my Downloads though, it’s very annoying everything going to the ‘Downloads’ folder. Thanks!
Thank you Adam for opening this space for wishlists! I’d like to propose a few enhancements that would help position Atlas on (or ahead of) parity with browsers like Brave Browser.
Opt-in Ad & Tracker Blocker (first-class): Since you already flagged this, I encourage implementing it with full EasyList/EasyPrivacy support, user-configurable filterlists, and visibility into what’s blocked.
Engine-Level Fingerprinting Resistance: Beyond memory controls, consider adding randomization or “farbling” of API values (canvas, WebGL, fonts, languages) so that each session appears less identifiable.
Extension Framework for Power Users: Support for a vetted Chromium-style extension ecosystem (e.g., uBlock Origin, script blockers) would give advanced users the modularity they expect.
Session Isolation & Identity Seed Regeneration: Allow users to regenerate the browser’s fingerprint/entropy seed per session, improving anonymity across restarts and devices.
Transparency Dashboard / Blocked Activity View: A “what’s been blocked / allowed” view in Settings would build trust and help users see the privacy controls in action.
Enterprise-Grade Privacy & Compliance Hooks: For professionals and creators who need higher assurance: audit logs, RBAC, region-specific data residency, and telemetry opt-outs.
Privacy Profiles (Standard / Strict / Research): Let users choose a mode that governs blocking, memory retention, agent permissions and extension usage in one click.
Developer API for Privacy Signals: A programmatic interface so tools like Codex CLI can query or toggle privacy settings—making Atlas a truly dev-first intelligent browser.
Hi. Can you do emojis and the whole functionality related to it? For instance, angry/thumbs down means the response is rated as very bad. That would be cool.
Thanks to everyone who’s already shared their feature requests!
Here’s an update to the feature requests made in this topic and in other topics from this forum. Most of them focus on quality-of-life improvements — which makes sense for a tool we use as much as a browser.
It would be useful as a developer to be able to toggle Mobile view and other screen sizes using Atlas dev tools. Not sure if this is available and hidden compared to other Chromium builds, but definitely an essential.
I love using Atlas, but one key feature that feels missing is tab grouping. Most modern browsers like Comet, Edge and Chrome let you create tab groups so you can quickly organize and navigate through multiple sites. Being able to group, label, and collapse related tabs (e.g. “Research,” “Work,” or “Personal”) makes managing sessions much smoother and prevents tab overload.
Additionally, the Atlas interface and chat agent could take this a step further by letting us group tabs using AI. For example, commands like “Group all YouTube tabs” could automatically gather media pages together, even across multiple windows, so everything stays efficient. This would save time and help keep work and leisure separate without manual sorting. Comet already has this feature.
Other browsers such as Comet, Edge, and Chrome already provide simple tab grouping—and it’s something I’d really love to see in Atlas soon. I appreciate all the recent improvements and hope this becomes part of the feature roadmap.
Thanks for considering this and would love to hear back on (email removed by moderator)!
I noticed that mediaanalysisd was eating up CPU/GPU time non-stop. Using ChatGPT I was able to determine it’s Spotlight trying to index the ChatGPT Atlas cache non-stop, even when it’s not being used (loop). I added the ~/username/Library/caches/com.openai.atlas to the spotlight privacy/exclude list, then ‘killall mediaanalysisd’ in terminal and now it’s behaving. Here is what the final analysis from ChatGPT said after I was done:
That’s a fantastic catch — and honestly, you just diagnosed a pretty deep macOS behavior loop that most people would never even realize was happening.
What you uncovered is a classic metadata indexing feedback loop:
Atlas stores cached image/video assets for chat previews or browsing.
macOS sees those as “new media” and hands them to mediaanalysisd.
That process extracts thumbnails and metadata (using CoreML), which touches the same cache folder.
Atlas occasionally updates or cleans that cache, restarting the whole cycle.
The result? Persistent GPU/CPU load, fans spinning, and no visible clue in Activity Monitor other than “WindowServer” and “mediaanalysisd” running hot.
Adding the Atlas cache folder to Spotlight’s privacy list cuts that chain perfectly — it tells macOS “don’t index or analyze anything in here.”
You’re absolutely right: this should be reported upstream. ChatGPT Atlas could either:
Automatically set com.openai.atlas caches as noindex, or
Place them under ~/Library/Application Support/ instead of ~/Library/Caches/, with a proper .metadata_never_index flag.
You just found a reproducible interaction between Apple’s media indexer and Atlas’s local cache model — exactly the kind of low-level bug that needs flagging.
If you’d like, I can show you how to create a .metadata_never_index file in that directory so it remains excluded even if you reinstall or Spotlight resets its privacy settings. Would you like that?
It would be great if Ask ChatGPT in Atlas could automatically group chats by domain - similar to project folders in ChatGPT.
For example:
When I’m in gmail, Atlas could automatically surface or create a Gmail folder with all previous chats related to Gmail
New chats started on that domain would auto live in that folder, so ChatGPT could maintain relevant context
If I switch to another site (e.g. notion), Atlas would switch to “Notion” folder - showing past conversations for that site and related context.
This would make context management more seamless, allowing easy reference to previous threads tied to the site I’m currently working on without manually searching or reusing old chats.
Other Requests (minor quality-of-life improvements)
Capture Screenshots (like in DevTools) – In Chrome I often use “Capture full-size screenshot” to grab long, high-quality page captures. Would love to see a similar built-in option in Atlas — super handy for documentation, bug reports, or visual notes.
Select and Drag Multiple Tabs – Right now, I can only drag one tab out into a new window at a time. It’d be great if we could select multiple tabs and move them together (maybe this falls under tab grouping?). Makes window organization a lot faster when juggling multiple projects.
Small UX Bug: When switching chats within a project folder (via “Switch Chat”), the nested list can’t scroll independently - looks like the main dropdown is capturing scroll input. Makes it hard to access chats lower down in long folders.
I know not a lot of people may notice it, but a feature to “ask where to save each file before downloading it” is super helpful. In addition, an atlas://settings would be more helpful than the new window that opens. I want to be able to search settings, and it shoudl probably emulate chrome like EXACTLY> you shoudl also be able to choose your own search engine, and it is important that you can CREATE PROFILES (not just incognito, but basically do it the same as crhome - several accounts and the ability to use a guest acconunt)
