Key takeaways
- Claude mobile app introduces a voice mode with push-to-talk functionality and multiple voice options.
- Voice mode supports web search, displaying sources and bullet-point outputs for easier user navigation.
- Users can upload files and interact with Claude using voice commands based on those files.
- Voice mode lacks interruption support; users must manually control conversation flow.
- Upgrade enhances user experience, making the Claude app more competitive with similar AI tools.
Much on the lines of OpenAI’s voice feature, the voice mode in Anthropic Claude’s mobile app is nearing release, TestingCatalog reported on Sunday. It is available in a push-to-talk method and in multiple voices.
The voice mode also supports web search. When active, the search feature displays a list of sources along with the output, just like its desktop counterpart. The output is supposedly broken down into bullet points to make it easier for users to follow. Users can also scroll through their responses in a scrollable view.
BREAKING 🚨: Claude's voice mode is now fully functional and supports web search and file uploads.
— TestingCatalog News 🗞 (@testingcatalog) May 4, 2025
It comes with push-to-talk and scrollable text views. It will be quite a big upgrade for the Claude mobile app!
* Not available to the public yet pic.twitter.com/LHsXEQtHqL
Additionally, the voice mode includes support for file uploads. Users can add images or documents and then talk to Claude using voice with the files as context.
The report notes that the voice mode in Claude’s mobile app does not support interruptions when speaking to it. One has to tap the button manually, send input when needed, and control the flow of the conversation.
While this differs slightly from ChatGPT’s voice mode, the report states that Claude handles voice input reliably and is more stable than many voice assistants.
Recently, Microsoft also added free and unlimited access to its Voice Mode and the Think Deeper features in Copilot. The features added were powered by OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model.
Meanwhile, Perplexity also added a new voice assistant feature, which allows users to use a web browser and multi-app actions to assist them with a set of tasks.
The voice mode in AI chatbots is useful for real-time translation, mock interviews, clearing writer’s block, helping prepare for a meeting, becoming a tour guide, and much more. For instance, a student in India used ChatGPT to speak in Kannada to bargain for an auto ride.
Considering Anthropic’s Claude is losing ground to Google Gemini, a voice mode feature could help attract new users and encourage existing ones to stay.
