GoKawiilAnthropic launches Claude Duet, a proactive agent in research preview
Anthropic unveiled Claude Duet, a personal AI agent that monitors connected apps, sends daily briefings, and completes tasks like scheduling or building dashboards while running in the background on its own virtual machine. The tool runs on Anthropic's Opus 5.5 model and has dedicated Android and iOS apps, currently available only to US Claude subscribers via a waitlist. Anthropic says the agent checks accounts every few hours rather than continuously to conserve usage limits.
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The launch positions Anthropic alongside Meta Muse and OpenAI Dots in a growing race to build always-on personal agents, though Anthropic appears to be following rather than leading this trend. Offering Duet to $20/month Pro subscribers rather than restricting it to higher tiers, as OpenAI does with Dots at $100/month, could make the feature more broadly accessible and pressure competitors on pricing. Shared usage limits with other Claude tools may create tension for power users as the agent scales.
- Claude Duet is a proactive AI agent available in research preview to US Claude subscribers via waitlist.
- It runs on Opus 5.5, operates in the background on its own virtual machine, and has standalone mobile apps.
- Unlike OpenAI's Dots, which requires a $100/month Pro plan, Duet will be included with Anthropic's $20/month Pro tier.
Source: engadget.com — Igor Bonifacic, 2026-10-21
Published there as: “Claude Duet is Anthropic's answer to Meta Muse and OpenAI Dots”
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