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ChatGPT Gains Tone Controls and Advanced Email Editing Tools
OpenAI now adds tone controls and streamlined email editing to ChatGPT
ChatGPT has always had a voice, but until now, that voice was set in stone. OpenAI is finally changing that with new tone controls. Buried in the Personalization menu under your profile, users will find sliders to adjust characteristics like warmth, enthusiasm, and formality.
Want it friendly or cynical, professional or quirky? You can set it. You can even limit its compulsive use of emojis, headers, and bullet points.
In a separate but crucial tweak, editing within chats gets streamlined. For emails, instead of pasting a full draft and describing changes in a fresh prompt, you can simply highlight a section of text right in the chat and tell ChatGPT to rewrite just that part.
Forget raw model power; that's a given. The real, grinding problem is making the thing listen. These updates—those sliders in Personalization, that direct text highlighting—are the dull, practical work that actually matters.
They are tiny levers for control. They let you fight the default chirpiness, curb the rambling. This turns a monologue into a dialogue.
You’re not just hoping it interprets a prompt correctly anymore. You can point at the problem. Tell it to fix this bit, right here.
It feels less like magic suddenly. It feels more like a tool. And that is precisely the point.
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Common Questions Answered
How can users customize ChatGPT's communication style in the latest update?
Users can now fine-tune ChatGPT's personality by adjusting settings like friendliness, formality, and emoji usage through the app's profile menu. These granular controls allow users to dial up or down different communication characteristics, making the AI interaction more personalized.
Where can users find the new ChatGPT personalization settings?
Users can access the new personalization settings by tapping the menu at the top left corner of the ChatGPT app, selecting their profile, and navigating to the Personalization section. In this menu, they can choose to add specific characteristics and select a preferred personality for the AI chatbot.
What specific communication elements can users now control in ChatGPT?
The latest update allows users to customize various communication elements, including the frequency of emoji usage, writing structure, and overall tone of the AI's responses. Users can now pick how nice or direct the chatbot sounds, creating a more tailored interaction experience.
Further Reading
- OpenAI adds tone controls and streamlined email tools to ChatGPT — OpenAI
- Customizing ChatGPT: new controls for tone, style and level of detail — OpenAI Academy
- How to use ChatGPT for Gmail in 2025 — Jotform Blog
- How to Use ChatGPT to Write Emails: 2025 Guide — Moosend
- Using AI like ChatGPT to evaluate the tone of your writing and emails — Rotation.org
