Subj : You can now toggle GPT-5s thinking time for faster or smarter ans To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Thu Sep 18 2025 15:00:10 You can now toggle GPT-5s thinking time for faster or smarter answers heres how to do it Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:53:55 +0000 Description: ChatGPT-5 Thinking now has a new thinking-time toggle that Plus and Pro users can activate to reduce waiting time. FULL STORY ======================================================================ChatGPT- 5 has a new thinking-time toggle for Plus and Pro users Pro users get four options in total and Plus users get two Thinking time is currently a ChatGPT web-only option OpenAI has introduced a new timer toggle into the ChatGPT message window when Plus users select the ChatGPT-5 Thinking model from the model selector. The toggle lets you switch between Standard and Extended options for thinking time. Standard, which is the default selection, balances speed with intelligence, while Extended, which was the previous default for Plus users, is also available. ChatGPT Pro users get two additional options: Light (the snappiest option available) and Heavy (which uses deeper reasoning). The new thinking time feature has been introduced in response to user feedback that ChatGPT was spending too long thinking in its Thinking mode. Weve heard from some of you that GPT-5 Thinkings answers can take longer than youd like. Now you can decide what you need in the moment, says a message on the OpenAI website. Light and Standard options still use reasoning, but provide quicker answers, while Heavy and Extended modes offer more time for deeper, more comprehensive responses, which are useful when youre asking more difficult questions. A new Thinking option appears in the message window when you select ChatGPT Thinking in the LLM selector. (Image credit: OpenAI) How to change thinking speed Firstly, youll need to be a Plus or Pro user to do this. If you are then at the top of the ChatGPT screen on the web you'll see ChatGPT-5. If you click on this you get the option to choose between Auto, Instant, Thinking mini and Thinking models. Choose Thinking here, and then in the message window you should now see that a blue Thinking option has appeared with a drop-down menu from which you can toggle the Standard and Extended options. Pro users will, of course, see two more options here. It's not on mobile There is one big limitation with the new thinking time option though you can only access it on the web for now. If you look in the iOS or Android apps youll find that the feature simply isnt available, and it wont be any time soon either. A message on the OpenAI website says, well bring this control to our iOS and Android apps in the coming weeks. Finally, we cant imagine that the new thinking time toggle will appear for ChatGPT free tier users any time soon the Chat GPT-5 Thinking option only becomes available when you upgrade to Plus or Pro . Currently free users can only use ChatGPT-5 in standard mode. You might also like 3 ways ChatGPT can help keep your house clean and organized - but you'll still need to do the dirty work ChatGPT is changing the way we communicate here's how you can avoid speaking like AI in public Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 AI glasses have more flair, battery life, and video power, and I think they look good on me ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt/you-can-now-toggle-g pt-5s-thinking-time-for-faster-or-smarter-answers-heres-how-to-do-it --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .