Ro vs Claude Duet by Anthropic

炉 Ro is a focus timer built for people who take their time seriously. Based on the Pomodoro Technique, Ro breaks your work into focused sessions separated by short breaks — helping you stay sharp, avoid burnout, and actually finish what you start. FOCUS WITHOUT FRICTION Start a session and get to work. Ro handles the rest — automatically starting breaks, tracking your time, and keeping you in flow. LIVE ACTIVITY & DYNAMIC ISLAND Your countdown lives on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. Glance and get back to work. AMBIENT SOUND Rain, café, or fire — choose a sound to block out the world and stay locked in. STATS THAT MEAN SOMETHING See your weekly sessions, total focus time, best day, and current streak. Every minute counts — even partial sessions are tracked. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE Set your own work and break durations. Choose how many sessions before a long break. Auto-start breaks or step away on your own terms. NOTIFICATIONS Get notified the moment a session ends — even when the app is in the background. Ro is designed with a cinematic dark aesthetic inspired by forge light and darkroom photography. No ads. No subscriptions. No noise. Just work.

Claude Duet is available through a waitlist. Before you download, check that you've received our email saying your account has access. If you haven't, join the waitlist at claude.com/product/claude-duet. WAKE UP KNOWING WHAT NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION Each morning, Claude Duet looks across your email and calendar and brings you the few things that need a decision or a reply. It provides context on each one, so you have what you need to decide right there. Where it can, it has a draft ready for you to review. Through the day, it checks your connected accounts every few hours and flags what's gone quiet, like a client email you haven't answered in a few days. HAND IT OFF Ask in a chat or add a task. Claude Duet gets going, sends you updates as it works, and tells you when it needs your review. GET THINGS MADE FROM A SINGLE MESSAGE Describe what you need in one message. It comes back as work you can check, like a brief, research, or a draft. YOU HAVE THE FINAL SAY Claude Duet waits for your okay before it sends, posts, pays, or deletes anything. It works with the apps you've connected to Claude, and you can disconnect any of them at any time. ORGANIZE BY CHANNEL Keep each part of your work in its own channel, like one for finance and one for hiring. Claude Duet can read across all of them, so it keeps the whole picture. THE CLAUDE YOU KNOW Claude Duet runs on your Claude account, with your memory, skills, and connected apps like Gmail and Google Calendar there from the first message. IT KEEPS WORKING Claude Duet works in the background even after you close the app. It will let you know when it's done or needs your approval. TALK IT THROUGH When you'd rather talk than type, hold to talk or have a spoken conversation. WHAT TO EXPECT We built Claude Duet for work, so it's weaker at personal errands. It can make mistakes, including about what's urgent. Emails and web pages written by other people can contain hidden instructions meant to mislead it. Claude Duet is built to resist these, but review what it shows you before you approve. Because it checks every few hours, something urgent can arrive between checks. Learn more at support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495. HOW TO GET ACCESS Join the waitlist at claude.com/product/claude-duet. We'll be adding people gradually, and we'll email you when your account has access. Please note, signing into the app doesn't add you to the waitlist.