Claude Duet turns into a proactive assistant that keeps tasks running in the background
Anthropic has opened a waitlisted research preview of Opus 5.5-powered Claude Duet to Pro and Max users in the United States.
AT A GLANCE
Key points
- The research preview is waitlisted for Pro and Max subscribers in the United States
- Duet can monitor connected apps and keep work running in a cloud virtual machine
- Sensitive actions such as messages, payments, signatures, and deletion require user approval
What is changing?
Anthropic opened the Claude Duet research preview on October 21, 2026. The standalone app, powered by Opus 5.5, assembles a morning brief from important activity across connected tools and can keep assigned work running in its cloud virtual machine and browser even when the user’s device is off.
Duet uses the memory, skills, and connected apps in a Claude account. Anthropic says it can work with more than 6,000 connectors and plugins, handling tasks such as scheduling meetings, drafting replies, and building dashboards or forecasts from a single message thread.
Sensitive steps such as sending a message, making a payment, signing a document, or deleting something wait for user approval. The product is currently waitlisted for US Pro and Max subscribers and is available on iOS, Android, and the web. Anthropic also warns that the preview can misjudge urgency.
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Source date: 21 October 2026.
Published by AI Radar: 22 Oct 2026, 00:08 (Istanbul, UTC+3).
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