Humanity is beginning to deploy “voice mode” in its Claude Chatbot app.
According to Anthropic’s official account on X, the voice mode (now beta) allows Claude Mobile App users to have “full spoken language conversations with Claude,” and will arrive in English in the coming weeks.
At least one user on X reports that they will be able to access audio mode late Tuesday. By default, it is equipped with 4 Anthropic Claude Sonnet models.
“Audio mode… You can talk to Claude and hear the response through audio, making it easier to use Claude when your hands are busy, but not in your mind,” reads the support page. “The voice mode translates how you interact with Claude… Show key points on the screen as Claude speaks. [and] You can talk to Claude and hear Claude’s voice response. ”
Many AI companies, including Openai, offer voice chat experiences for their respective chatbots. For example, Google has Gemini Live and Xai has Grok’s voice mode. Using each, users interact with the bot by speaking instead of typing, making the conversation feel more natural and intuitive.
Anthropic’s voice mode flavor allows users to chat about documents, images, and more, and choose from five different audio options. Users can also toggle between text and audio on the fly and view the transcript and summary following the conversation.
There are certain limitations to the feature. Voice conversations count towards normal use caps – humanity says that 20-30 conversations are something most free users can expect. Additionally, only paid Claude subscribers can use the Google Workspace connector, which allows Voice mode to access Google Calendar appointments and Gmail emails (Google Docs Integration is only for Claude Enterprise plans).
In an interview with the Financial Times in early March, humanity’s CPO Mike Krieger confirmed he is working on Claude’s audio capabilities. Humanity was to consult with Amazon, the company’s leading investor and partner and voice-focused AI startup ElevenLabs, to promote Claude’s future voice capabilities, according to the report.
It is unclear which of these partnerships has come to fruition.
