Anthropic readies upgraded voice mode for Claude desktop

Anthropic appears to be preparing an upgraded voice mode for Claude across mobile and web. Earlier work in the mobile app suggested a push-to-talk option and a more inline experience alongside text chat, but recent builds point to a return to a standalone voice screen similar to the older approach.

The main expansion is support for web and desktop: users may see a voice button directly in the prompt bar, plus a dedicated voice selection option in settings, although it is still unclear whether every web client will ship with it at rollout.

Timing could be near-term. A release as soon as Friday is plausible given Anthropic’s pattern of shipping on Fridays, and it would also align with reported Super Bowl advertising plans for Sunday, including a 60-second spot. Whether any of these lands alongside the rumored Sonnet 5 remains uncertain.

Separately, Claude is also showing new groundwork for a knowledge base. A save-shaped icon with a “save to the knowledge base” tooltip reportedly triggers a system prompt asking Claude to review the conversation, locate relevant groups and subdirectories, and then file key information into an existing section or create a new one. If shipped, this would mainly benefit power users and teams who want reusable, structured context without manually curating notes, and it suggests Anthropic is testing a more explicit workflow for capturing long-running context.