OpenAI’s New Codex App Has the Best ‘Computer Use’ Feature I’ve Ever Tested

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By Federico ViticciApr 17, 2026, 12:52 pm184 ptsTrending
Computer use in Codex. OpenAI rolled out their updated Codex app for Mac yesterday and, among other things, they shipped a native computer use tool for macOS that lets Sky interact with multiple Mac apps in the background using parallel cursors that do not bring apps to the foreground when agents are…

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