The Vergecast · Wednesday, September 30, 2026
OpenAI's new 'Dots' agents are designed to perform tasks in the background, even when the user's window is not open. The company also announced that texting and calling functionalities for these agents will be available soon, though they are not yet implemented.
“Essentially, there are a couple of different ways. They can go off and do things for you in the background, continuously, even without you having the window open.”
“However, OpenAI was even behind in that. They announced today that, uh, you know, the texting and calling function will be coming soon, not right now.”