Anthropic rolls out voice mode, its Gemini Live competitor, to Claude on mobile

Anthropic has announced an update to Claude on mobile, with a new feature called "voice mode" rolling out over the next few weeks. This feature, currently in beta and available in English, lets you chat with its AI using your voice on iOS and Android devices. Voice mode is similar to Gemini Live, which recently started rolling out to Google Workspace users, with both aiming for more natural, two-way spoken interactions. You can talk, Claude talks back, and you can even interrupt mid-sentence if you need to.

This voice capability appears just a handful of days after the company released details on its Claude Opus 4 model, which Anthropic heavily promoted as a powerful tool, especially for complex coding tasks. The voice mode will also display key points on your screen as Claude speaks and allows users to seamlessly switch between voice input and traditional text within the same conversation without losing any of the previous context.

Everyone on any Claude plan gets to try voice mode, but free users should be aware they will get about 20 to 30 voice messages before hitting their session limits. Paid subscribers, naturally, get significantly higher usage limits and the ability to connect their Google Workspace accounts. This means Claude can tap into your Google Calendar, rifle through your Gmail, and, for those on the top-tier Enterprise plan, even access Google Docs.

Accessing it is simple, via a new voice mode icon in the text input field of the mobile app, and you can pick from a few distinct voice options. Anthropic also emphasizes that safety was a significant consideration during development, implementing measures like a limited selection of preset voices to prevent potential voice cloning issues and ensuring all its standard policy compliance and misuse detection systems are actively monitoring these voice interactions.

You can find more details and FAQs in the official support article.