Claude’s voice mode is now available for Opus and Sonnet

The Verge reports that until now, voice mode has only been available on Claude Haiku, Anthropic's faster but less powerful model. Now the company is making its Opus and Sonnet models available in voice mode, and extending its reach into apps like…
For Australian readers, the useful question is what this changes in everyday work: costs, productivity, privacy, hiring, or the tools businesses rely on. We are watching this story because practical AI adoption is moving quickly, and the impact often reaches workplaces before policy or training catches up.
Why it matters
AI changes can quickly flow into the tools Australians use at work and at home. The practical impact is whether this saves time, raises costs, or creates new risks that businesses need to manage.
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