Anthropic Expands Claude Voice Mode to 3 Models as Gmail, Slack Tools Reach Beta Users
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Updated · TechCrunch · Jul 23
Anthropic Expands Claude Voice Mode to 3 Models as Gmail, Slack Tools Reach Beta Users
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Jul 23
Summary
Anthropic’s updated Claude voice mode now lets users choose Opus, Sonnet, or Haiku and is rolling out in beta across platforms to all users.
The upgrade also connects voice mode to apps including Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, Canva, and Notion, allowing spoken requests to draft emails, move meetings, or create documents.
Claude now carries over the last model used in text chat and defaults to that model’s fastest version, addressing limits of the earlier Haiku-only voice mode for more complex work.
Free users are limited to Haiku and one connected app, while multilingual voice support now covers 10 languages but still requires users to specify the language manually.
The release sharpens Anthropic’s challenge to OpenAI by adding tool use in voice mode, though it does not change the underlying voice stack or interruption handling.