{"slug": "anthropic-extends-claude-voice-mode-to-opus-and-sonnet", "title": "Anthropic extends Claude voice mode to Opus and Sonnet", "summary": "Anthropic expanded Claude voice mode on July 23 to support Opus and Sonnet in addition to Haiku, allowing paid users to switch among models during a conversation. The beta update, available across mobile, desktop and web apps, also adds connected-tool access and 11 languages, while free users remain limited to Haiku and one connected tool.", "body_md": "# Anthropic extends Claude voice mode to Opus and Sonnet\n\nAnthropic expanded Claude voice mode on July 23 to support Opus and Sonnet as well as Haiku. Paid users can switch among those models during a conversation, while the beta also adds connected-tool access and 11 languages across Claude's mobile, desktop and web apps; free users continue to use Haiku and one connected tool.\n\nAnthropic expanded Claude voice mode on July 23, 2026, so paid users can run spoken conversations with Claude Opus or Sonnet instead of being limited to Haiku. The beta update is available across Claude's mobile, desktop and web apps and also adds broader language support and access to connected tools.\n\n### More capable models in the same voice interface\n\nVoice mode previously used Haiku because the smaller model responds quickly. Paid users can now choose Opus, Sonnet or Haiku from the model picker and switch models during a conversation. Claude defaults to the model most recently used in text chat and uses the fastest version of the selected model.\n\nThe update changes which model handles the conversation, but it does not replace the speech architecture. Anthropic told Engadget that voice mode remains turn-based: Claude listens, pauses to process the request and then responds. It is not a fully duplex system that listens and speaks at the same time.\n\nFree accounts continue to route voice prompts through Haiku and can use one connected tool. Paid plans receive the expanded model choices and access to all tools connected to the account, subject to normal usage limits.\n\n### Tools, permissions and languages\n\nVoice mode can now reach services connected to Claude, including Gmail and Slack. Anthropic's announcement also gives examples involving Google Calendar, Canva and email. Users configure those services in Claude settings, and Claude requests permission before using a connected tool.\n\nThe beta supports 11 languages: English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin American Spanish and Spanish from Spain. Claude does not automatically detect a switch between languages; the user must request the change aloud or select the language in voice settings.\n\nFor teams evaluating voice assistants, the practical gain is access to stronger reasoning and existing connectors without moving to a separate product. The operating constraints still matter: the experience is turn-based, model and connector access depend on the plan, and voice conversations count against regular usage limits. Those details should be tested with the actual workflows and permissions a team plans to use.\n\n## Key Points\n\n- 1Paid Claude users can now select Opus, Sonnet or Haiku during a voice conversation.\n- 2Voice mode can use connected tools after requesting permission, while free accounts remain limited to Haiku and one connection.\n- 3The beta now supports 11 languages across mobile, desktop and web, but remains turn-based rather than fully duplex.\n\n## Scoring Rationale\n\nThe update materially expands an existing voice interface with stronger models, connected tools and more languages, but it remains a beta, retains a turn-based architecture and does not introduce a new speech-native model.\n\n## Sources\n\nPrimary source and supporting public references used for this report.\n\nPractice interview problems based on real data\n\n1,625 SQL & Python problems across 15 industry datasets — the exact type of data you work with.\n\n[Try 250 free problems](/problems)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-extends-claude-voice-mode-to-opus-and-sonnet", "canonical_source": "https://letsdatascience.com/news/anthropic-extends-claude-voice-mode-to-opus-and-sonnet-16faf79b", "published_at": "2026-07-23 19:11:30+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-24 11:27:56.241758+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "large-language-models", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude Opus", "Claude Sonnet", "Claude Haiku", "Gmail", "Slack", "Google Calendar", "Canva"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-extends-claude-voice-mode-to-opus-and-sonnet", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-extends-claude-voice-mode-to-opus-and-sonnet.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-extends-claude-voice-mode-to-opus-and-sonnet.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-extends-claude-voice-mode-to-opus-and-sonnet.jsonld"}}