July 18th, 2024

Claude by Anthropic Now on Google Play Store

Claude by Anthropic is an AI assistant app on Google Play, offering instant answers, task collaboration, and job delegation. Users can access a free basic version or upgrade to a paid Pro plan for more features. Reviews highlight its clean interface and suggest adding voice mode and app integration. Claude prioritizes data privacy and encryption, making it a top free productivity app for AI assistance.

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Claude by Anthropic Now on Google Play Store

Claude by Anthropic is an AI assistant app available on Google Play. Users can get instant answers, collaborate on tasks, and delegate small jobs to Claude. The app is powered by the Claude 3 model family developed by Anthropic, offering intelligence on various subjects. Claude aims to be a reliable and helpful partner for users. While the basic version is free, users can opt for a paid Pro plan for increased features and access to additional models. Reviews mention the app's clean interface, ease of use, and synchronization across devices. Some users suggest adding more features like voice mode and integration with other applications to enhance functionality. Claude is praised for its AI capabilities but criticized for limitations like lack of AI voices and custom instructions. The app prioritizes data privacy and encryption during transmission. Claude by Anthropic is rated as a top free productivity app and is recommended for users seeking AI assistance on the go.

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By @brink - 4 months
What made it take so long? Seems like this should have been a relatively simple app to build.
By @pona-a - 4 months
Unlike ChatGPT's Android app, this doesn't actually seem to use Google Play Services for anything but OAuth, which is nice. Got it running on my deGoogled phone. It feels quite snappy, hopefully isn't just a webview.
By @flancian - 4 months
Claude seems promising, but after giving it a try two things stood out to me (I have previously used ChatGPT and Gemini):

1. I miss voice I/O more than I thought I would, in particular on mobile. Maybe because of how great of a job Whisper has been doing in the case of ChatGPT in particular.

2. Claude seemed hyper-conservative in ways that I would personally classify as annoying. Example: it refused to detail the plot of a ~60 year old book, claiming that doing so would infringe copyright (!). It relented only after I pointed out you can find the same information on Wikipedia.

By @TheAceOfHearts - 4 months
I haven't tried Claude on mobile, but my first instinct would've been to try the mobile web version. Do they have a good mobile web app? Has anyone compared the mobile web app with the native app? Based on the screenshots, it looks like this could've just been a mobile web app, especially since all of the features rely on remote computing to do anything.
By @notatoad - 4 months
Claude also seems to be available in canada now, which it wasn't last i checked.
By @paxys - 4 months
I'm seeing this recent onslaught of mobile and desktop apps for all the popular LLMs, but do they offer any functionality beyond a simple web wrapper? I have already had claude.ai pinned to my home screen for a while now.
By @deskr - 4 months
I'm out of the loop. What is this?