Anthropic’s Claude can now hold a conversation in more than just English. The company is rolling out a multilingual voice mode upgrade across its iOS and Android mobile apps, expanding from its English-only origins to support 18 additional languages including German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Ukrainian.
The update also introduces a redesigned phone call-style icon for launching voice interactions, push-to-talk functionality, and the ability to switch languages on the fly mid-conversation.
From English-only to 19 languages in about a year
Claude’s voice mode first arrived in late April and early May 2025. It shipped with three English voices, whimsically named Airy, Mellow, and Buttery. The feature was limited to English only, with no push-to-talk.
In March 2026, Anthropic began integrating voice mode into Claude Code, its developer-focused tool, rolling it out to roughly 5% of Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise users.
