OpenAI updated the composer with persistent dictation, synced suggestions, and physical keyboard focus.

Message composition now handles mixed input without forcing a restart or interrupting typing.

For builders, the affected surface is the composer: typing, dictation, attachments, suggestions, and connected keyboards stay coordinated.

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This is the world we build in. It moves this fast. We move with it.