Feature request: continuous voice conversation mode (like mobile app) in Desktop/Cowork
Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jul 9, 2026 by kenta4es
Please bring the mobile app's live voice mode to Claude Desktop (Cowork).
Desired behavior:
- Always-listening mic toggle, streaming STT + TTS duplex (no send button)
- Conversation continues WHILE the agent executes tasks in background (subagents/detached jobs)
- Agent can speak status updates mid-task
Use case: hands-free orchestration of long-running local pipelines (trading research: Python + n8n + API jobs). Today the desktop flow is strictly request-response with two dead pauses (user typing / agent silent while working). The mobile app already has live voice — feature parity requested.
Posted on behalf of a Cowork research-preview user (Windows).