Anthropic, which makes the Claude 3 family of ai models, is launching an iOS app and adding a second paid tier for groups to share access to the models.
Claude's mobile app can act as a chatbot and users can also upload photos directly to the app to perform “image analysis.” Previously, Claude was only available through Anthropic's Claude.ai website and third-party model libraries such as amazon Bedrock, Hugging Face, or Microsoft Azure.
Scott White, product manager at Anthropic, says many Claude users have been accessing ai models via the mobile web, prompting Anthropic to offer an app version of Claude.ai. He says the company will release an Android version soon.
Anthropic, however, is a little late with its mobile app. Competitors like OpenAI's ChatGPT already have a mobile app that they've been running for years, while Google's Gemini can be found in Google's app for iPhone users and its own Android app. ai search platform Perplexity also has a mobile app.
The Claude app will be free for all users of Claude ai models, including free users, Claude Pro subscribers, and the new Claude Team plan.
Anthropic says the Team plan, which is also launching this month, offers access to Claude models to a minimum of five people in a group for $30 per seat per month. When people in the plan start developing Claude, they can share it with other users. The Pro plan, which first launched in September, is only available to individuals for $20 per month.
Team plan subscribers have access to the entire Pro plan. You can make more chat queries on the Claude models compared to Pro users, who in turn already receive five times more chats than those using the model for free. The Team plan also offers a larger context window, meaning people can ask Claude's chatbot to analyze long documents and have complex back-and-forth conversations.
The company says it also gives the groups more administrative control. Users can switch between their Pro subscription or Team plan in the app, especially for those who want to use Claude in their work and personal lives.