How To Use Claude's Voice Mode
Anthropic has updated its Claude chatbot to allow voice interaction across its more powerful models, including Sonnet and Opus. The feature is available on mobile and desktop, though it currently uses a turn-based architecture.
Why it matters
As AI companies compete for market share, voice-enabled interfaces are becoming a critical differentiator for user accessibility and convenience.
Anthropic's chatbot can be very vocal, if you want it to be.
Igor Bonifacic for Engadget Since 2025, Anthropic has offered a voice mode through Claude, allowing you to speak to its chatbot instead of writing out your prompts. This past July , the company updated the feature to make it more useful. Before, voice mode limited users to speaking to Claude through Haiku, Anthropic's least powerful model. This was done to reduce latency. Now, voice mode also works through the company's more powerful models, including Sonnet and Opus , and can even pull context from your connected apps and services.
If you're a frequent Claude user and want to give the feature a try, here's how to do it.
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