OpenAI Expands ChatGPT with New App Integrations Across Music, Travel, Design, and More

OpenAI has rolled out a suite of new app integrations for ChatGPT, allowing users to connect accounts from services such as Spotify, Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Expedia, Figma, and Zillow. By linking these accounts, users can ask ChatGPT to perform tasks like creating playlists, searching for hotels, designing graphics, finding online courses, planning trips, generating diagrams, and locating homes—all within the chat interface. The company notes that connections share data with the model, prompting users to review permissions, and offers a simple way to disconnect apps. Additional partners—including DoorDash, OpenTable, Target, Uber, and Walmart—are slated to join later, with the rollout currently limited to the United States and Canada.

OpenAI Introduces Broad App Integration Capabilities

OpenAI announced that ChatGPT can now be linked to a range of third‑party applications, giving users the ability to issue natural‑language commands that trigger actions inside those services. Users start by signing into ChatGPT, selecting the desired app, and completing the sign‑in flow presented by the integration. Once linked, the model can read relevant data—such as playlists, travel preferences, design assets, or course listings—to fulfill requests directly in the chat.

Music and Entertainment with Spotify

The Spotify integration lets users ask ChatGPT to create personalized playlists, add or remove tracks, and recommend new artists, podcasts, or audiobooks. Because the connection grants the model access to listening history and saved music, users are reminded to review the permissions before linking.

Travel Planning via Booking.com and Expedia

By connecting a Booking.com account, users can request hotel suggestions based on destination, dates, budget, group size, and specific amenities like breakfast or proximity to public transport. The integration surfaces relevant listings within the chat, and users complete reservations on Booking.com. Similarly, the Expedia integration provides flight and hotel options, allowing travelers to filter results by star rating, price, or other criteria before finalizing bookings on the Expedia site.

Design Assistance Through Canva and Figma

With Canva linked, ChatGPT can generate design briefs for social media posts, posters, slide decks, and more, accepting details such as fonts, color schemes, formats, and dimensions. Users can then open the generated draft in Canva to fine‑tune the visuals. The Figma integration enables the model to produce diagrams, flowcharts, and product roadmaps, helping teams visualize concepts and workflows without leaving the chat interface.

Educational Support via Coursera

Connecting to Coursera allows ChatGPT to recommend courses that match a user’s skill level and interests, compare options based on rating, duration, and cost, and provide concise overviews of each course’s curriculum.

Real‑Estate Search Using Zillow

The Zillow integration streamlines home searches by letting users specify price range, number of bedrooms, neighborhoods, and other filters. Results appear directly in the conversation, making it easier to explore listings without navigating the Zillow website.

Privacy, Permissions, and Account Management

OpenAI emphasizes that linking an account shares data with ChatGPT, and users should carefully review the permissions granted to each integration. The platform offers a straightforward way to disconnect any app through the Settings menu at any time.

Future Partners and Availability

OpenAI indicated that additional partners—DoorDash, OpenTable, Target, Uber, and Walmart—will join the ecosystem later in the year. The current rollout is limited to users in the United States and Canada, with European and U.K. users excluded for now.