OpenAI is giving Codex a larger stage than the coding window. Its new Chrome extension lets the agent use an authenticated web session, so it can help with work that already lives inside Gmail , Salesforce , LinkedIn , dashboards, and internal apps.

That pushes Codex out of the developer sandbox and into the web apps where daily work already happens. With Chrome access, it can step into research, CRM updates, dashboard checks, and browser-based debugging, which is where plenty of work gets stuck across tabs.

The Codex Chrome extension is available through the Codex app in all regions except the EU and UK, where support is still coming.…