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PSA: The ChatGPT Plus tier is NOT getting GPT-6 Astra in regular Chat. Only Work and Codex.

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Just figured this out, and I suspect a lot of ChatGPT Plus subscribers have not realized it yet. OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 Astra to the ChatGPT Plus tier, but Plus is not getting Astra in normal Chat mode. For Plus subscribers, Astra is being made available in ChatGPT Work and Codex only. If you…

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Timeline · 2 reports

  1. 2026-09-07 17:41 · r/ChatGPT
    Any Pro users have GPT-6 Astra in regular Chat yet?
  2. 2026-09-06 03:53 · r/ChatGPT
    PSA: The ChatGPT Plus tier is NOT getting GPT-6 Astra in regular Chat. Only Work and Codex.

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