# Voice Friction switching active chat

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/voice-friction-switching-active-chat/1402333>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Tags:** chatgpt\
**Created:** [September 30, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/voice-friction-switching-active-chat/1402333 "2026-09-30T18:15:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![MrWilliams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@MrWilliams](https://community.openai.com/u/MrWilliams)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/voice-friction-switching-active-chat/1402333/1 "2026-09-30T18:15:36Z")

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It would be great if voice just switched context to the active chat. Having to shutdown and wait in one chat to then start it again in another is annoying. I note improvement in the shut down times, but the model just continuing in the background is sometimes not desired.