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Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models

TechCrunch • Thu, 23 Jul 2026

Claude's new voice model will let you reschedule your meeting or draft an email

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Claude's new voice model will let you reschedule your meeting or draft an email

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Until now, voice mode has only been available on Claude Haiku, Anthropic's faster but less powerful model. Now the company is making its Opus and Sonnet models available in voice mode, and extending its reach into apps like Gmail, Slack, and Canva. When Anthropic launched voice mode earlier this year, it was primarily focused on […]

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