Overview

• The rollout brings coverage to 18 markets including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam, following earlier launches in India and Indonesia.
• Pricing is roughly $4–5 per month with local-currency billing in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Pakistan, while other markets pay in USD with final costs varying by tax.
• ChatGPT Go adds higher usage limits along with image generation, file uploads and advanced data analysis, and it provides access to the GPT-5 model.
• Availability varies by platform, with web and Android live broadly while the iOS app is not yet offering ChatGPT Go in Cambodia, Laos and Nepal.
• OpenAI points to up to fourfold weekly active user growth in Southeast Asia and is pitching the budget tier against Google’s similarly priced subscription as it scales paid adoption.