Anthropic Updates Claude Voice Mode With Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku Support

Anthropic is updating Claude’s voice mode with support for Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku models. The prior voice mode was powered by Haiku and was built for quick responses, but Anthropic says the new update is aimed at more complex voice-based work.

By default, voice mode picks the last model a person used in text chat and uses its fastest version. That makes the experience more closely tied to how users already work with Claude in text.

Claude’s updated voice mode can tap into apps including Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, Canva, and Notion. Anthropic says this lets users ask Claude to update a meeting slot, draft an email, or create a Notion document.

The update also targets longer conversations, such as getting feedback on communication style, talking through a client pitch, or brainstorming product market research. For users, the key takeaway is that voice mode is being positioned less as a chat feature and more as a hands-free work interface.

TechCrunch notes that OpenAI recently updated ChatGPT’s voice mode and conversational models. Anthropic’s distinction is tool use: Claude voice mode can connect with other apps to get work done, while OpenAI’s voice mode is described as improving conversational style but not using different tools for tasks.

Anthropic did not change the voice model itself in this release and has not detailed its voice stack. As a result, users may not see conversational improvements like better interruption handling from this particular update.

The new voice mode is available to all users in beta across platforms. Free users are limited to the Haiku model and only one connected app.

Anthropic has also added multilingual support to Claude’s voice mode in beta. Supported languages listed by TechCrunch include English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Spanish for Latin America and Spain, though users must manually specify the language.