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In June 2026, Anthropic released a new model as the default for free and paid Claude users, built to be its most agentic mid-sized model yet.
Anthropic's new model released in June 2026 as the default for free and paid Claude users is called Claude Sonnet 5. Launched on June 30, 2026, it was pitched as the most agentic mid-sized Sonnet model built so far, meaning it was designed to handle multi-step tasks and tool use more capably, while also costing less to run than its predecessor.
Claude Opus 3 and Claude Haiku 6 are different model families within Anthropic's lineup, each aimed at different tradeoffs between capability and cost, but neither was the specific model launched as the new default in this announcement.
Claude Sonnet 5 became the default model for Free and Pro users starting July 1, 2026, meaning the vast majority of everyday Claude users were shifted onto the new model almost immediately after its release.
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