AI brand Anthropic is bringing its Claude app to Android two months after its debut on iOS. Claude, in case you’re not familiar with it or need a refresher, is a generative AI platform similar to ChatGPT. It answers questions posed to it via prompts. These prompts can include paragraphs of text, files, images, or a combination of all three at once.
As revealed in a recent announcement post, the Android app is powered by Claude 3.5 Sonnet, which the company claims is its most powerful model yet. It features multilingual processing to provide “real-time language translation” and “advanced reasoning.” The latter allows AI to assist with complex tasks, such as helping users analyze data for work.
Also, just like with the iOS app, a conversation with Claude can be continued from your smartphone and carried over from the browser version or from an iPhone. All you need to do is make sure that the account you are using is the same across all devices.
Warnings and Limitations
Claude is available for download on the Google Play Store.
When you open the app for the first time, you’ll be asked to log in or create an account if you don’t have one already. You’ll also be given a notice informing users that the AI isn’t perfect. Anthropic warns people that “Claude may occasionally generate incorrect or misleading information.” The AI isn’t meant to give advice on anything, so don’t just rely on the conversation without doing your own research.
The Claude app is easy to use and has a clear, distraction-free user interface. By tapping the paperclip icon in the bottom left corner, you can add multimodal content to your chat. Previous interactions appear on the home page.
Please note that the free app has a daily limit on the number of messages you can receive. This limit can vary. According to Anthropic, it all depends on the demand on a given day and they will let you know when you have reached the limit.
Of course, users can always purchase a Claude Pro subscription to increase the daily limit up to five times the amount people on the free plan get and gain additional features like access to other Anthropic models.
Emphasis on privacy
Anthropic has its work cut out for it if the company is to take on rivals OpenAI and Google. It cannot be understated how dominant ChatGPT is in the industry. TechCrunch notes that Claude on iOS had a “lukewarm reception upon launch” and received 157,000 total global downloads in its first week. ChatGPT had 480,000 installs during its first five days.
Claude has a few advantages that set it apart. Its developer is more committed to ensuring user privacy. Anthropic claims that it does not collect input or output information from people to use in training its AI unless it receives their explicit consent to do so. Additionally, the AI has been shown to be quite good at solving complex reasoning problems and writing nuanced answers.
So, if you're looking for an Android chatbot that focuses on informative responses and privacy, Claude AI is a highly recommended choice. For those looking for alternatives, check out TechRadar's roundup of the seven best chatbots you can try for free.
