ChatGPT Pulse was a Pro feature that researched overnight and gave you a set of personal update cards each morning. OpenAI wound it down in June 2026, moving proactive updates into scheduled tasks, so the way to get the same thing now is to ask ChatGPT to schedule a daily briefing based on your interests and past chats.
If you've gone looking for Pulse in the ChatGPT app and can't find it, you haven't missed a setting. It's gone. The good news is that the replacement is more flexible and isn't limited to the top plan.
I've pieced this together from OpenAI's launch post and its ChatGPT release notes, read in October 2026.
What ChatGPT Pulse did
OpenAI launched Pulse as a preview for Pro users on mobile in September 2025. Each night, ChatGPT looked at your memory, chat history and feedback, did some research for you, and delivered a short set of visual cards the next day. You could:
- Scan the cards quickly or open one for more detail
- Tap curate to ask for something specific in tomorrow's edition
- Give a thumbs up or down to shape future updates
- Connect Gmail and Google Calendar for more relevant ideas, both off by default
- Save a card into a chat to keep it, since each update lasted only that day
It needed saved memory and chat history switched on. It came to the web in October 2025, and in December 2025 OpenAI moved tasks into Pulse so you could manage them in one place, though it stayed a Pro-only feature.
The timeline at a glance
| When | What OpenAI announced |
|---|---|
| September 2025 | Pulse preview for Pro users on iOS and Android |
| October 2025 | Pulse arrives on the web for Pro users |
| December 2025 | Tasks move into Pulse, still Pro only |
| 17 June 2026 | Scheduled tasks relaunch; Pulse is being sunset, with Pro access for 14 more days |
Why Pulse ended
OpenAI's release note on 17 June 2026 was short: Pulse was being sunset as proactive updates moved into scheduled tasks. Pro users kept access for 14 days from that date. OpenAI's own suggestion for anyone who wanted to keep their daily updates was to ask ChatGPT to schedule a daily briefing based on their interests and past chats.
Reading between the lines of what launched the same day, the idea was to fold one special feature into a general tool. Scheduled tasks can do what Pulse did, plus reminders, monitoring and recurring work, and they reach far more people.
How to rebuild your Pulse briefing with scheduled tasks
Here's how I'd recreate the Pulse experience now:
- Open a new chat in ChatGPT.
- Describe what you want in your briefing and when you want it, using the prompt below as a starting point.
- Let ChatGPT set up the task, then check it on the Scheduled page in the sidebar.
- Pause, edit or delete it there whenever you like.
Copy this prompt
Every weekday morning, send me a short briefing based on my past chats and interests.
Include: two updates on topics I've been asking about lately, one useful idea for my business this week, and anything on my calendar today I should prepare for.
Keep it under 200 words, use short bullet points and finish with one question I should think about today.
If you'd like the Pulse habit of telling it what to cover, add a line such as "On Fridays, swap the business idea for a roundup of events near me this weekend." You can change the instructions on the Scheduled page any time.
For everything scheduled tasks can do, including how many each plan allows, see my full guide to ChatGPT tasks.
What scheduled tasks add that Pulse didn't
| Feature | Pulse | Scheduled tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Plans | Pro only | Rolled out to Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise in June 2026; Free users can now have up to three active tasks |
| Timing | Once a day | Specific times or broader windows such as morning or evening |
| Monitoring | No | Can check the web and connected apps and notify you only when something changes |
| Sharing | No | Free, Go, Plus and Pro users can share a task for someone else to copy |
| Managing | Inside Pulse | A Scheduled page in the sidebar |
Two limits worth knowing from OpenAI's notes: tasks can't run more than once an hour, and unattended tasks may pause automatically after a period of inactivity. Free users' tasks can recur no more than once a day.
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Getting better briefings
The lesson OpenAI shared from Pulse still applies. Students testing it found it far more useful once they started telling ChatGPT what they wanted to see. A daily briefing built on memory is only as good as what ChatGPT knows about you, so it's worth checking what it's saved. My guide to ChatGPT memory shows how to review and edit that.
I'd also keep briefings short. A long daily summary quickly becomes something you skip. Three or four tight points you'll read every day beat a page you won't.
If you'd like help setting up AI routines like this across your team, that's what I do on my work with me page.
My verdict
Don't spend time hunting for Pulse; it's not coming back in its old form. A scheduled daily briefing does the same job, works on more plans, and lets you decide exactly what's in it and when it lands. Set one up with the prompt above, read it for a week, then trim anything you keep skipping.
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Frequently asked questions
Is ChatGPT Pulse still available?
No. OpenAI announced on 17 June 2026 that Pulse was being sunset as proactive updates moved into scheduled tasks, with Pro users keeping access for 14 more days.
What replaced ChatGPT Pulse?
Scheduled tasks. OpenAI suggests asking ChatGPT to schedule a daily briefing based on your interests and past chats, then managing it from the Scheduled page.
Was ChatGPT Pulse free?
No. OpenAI's release notes describe Pulse as a ChatGPT Pro feature. Scheduled tasks, which replaced it, are available more widely, including up to three active tasks for Free users.
How did ChatGPT Pulse work?
Each night it used your memory, chat history and feedback to research topics for you, then delivered a set of visual cards the next morning that you could open, save or curate.
How do I get a daily briefing in ChatGPT now?
Open a chat, describe what your briefing should cover and when it should arrive, and ask ChatGPT to schedule it. You can edit or pause it on the Scheduled page in the sidebar.
