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Anthropic announces Claude Duet research preview with US waitlist access

Engadget reports Duet runs on Opus 5.5 in a background-capable virtual machine, with Pro access planned later.

Updated Oct 23, 2026 · 16:24 UTC3 reports

The short version

Anthropic announced Claude Duet on Wednesday as a research preview, currently open through a waitlist.[Engadget]
US Claude subscribers can join the waitlist, and Duet runs on Opus 5.5 with standalone Android and iOS apps.[Engadget]
Duet runs tasks on its own virtual machine, and $20 per month Pro subscribers are slated to get access at general availability.[Engadget]
Anthropic says a new classifier and system prompt are designed to stop Duet leaking sensitive information, a claim not independently verified.[Engadget]

Anthropic announced Claude Duet as a research preview on Wednesday.[Engadget]
US Claude subscribers can join a waitlist to try Duet.[Engadget]
Duet runs on Anthropic's Opus 5.5 model and is being released as standalone Android and iOS apps.[Engadget]
Anthropic says $20 per month Pro plan subscribers will get access once Duet reaches general availability.[Engadget]
Duet runs on its own virtual machine and can complete tasks in the background without an open Claude session.[Engadget]
Anthropic says Duet incorporates a new classifier and system prompt designed to prevent it from leaking sensitive information.[Engadget]

Anthropic's security claims about Duet's classifier and system prompt are not independently verified in the available reporting.[Engadget]
The available reporting gives no general availability date for Duet or for Pro-tier access.[Engadget]

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