Overview
- OpenAI and Work Louder released the Codex Micro on Wednesday as a limited-run $230 programmable macropad sold through OpenAI’s Supply Co while supplies last.
- The compact controller has 13 mechanical switches, a joystick, a rotary dial, a touch sensor, and six illuminated 'Agent Keys' that show color-coded live status for individual Codex threads.
- OpenAI says every control on the device is configurable from the ChatGPT desktop app so users can map Agent Keys, remap command shortcuts, launch workflows with the joystick, and adjust an agent’s reasoning level with the dial.
- Reporters note the Micro closely resembles Work Louder’s existing Creator Micro 2 and is being positioned as a premium, niche companion for Codex power users rather than a mass-market product.
- The Micro is separate from OpenAI’s larger consumer-hardware work with Jony Ive and was released during a high-profile lawsuit by Apple that alleges misuse of hardware secrets without connecting those claims to the Codex Micro itself.