Anthropic just quietly handed everyone a significant upgrade with the recent launch of Claude Sonnet 4.6. The company's most capable mid-tier AI model to date is now the default experience for free users on claude.ai.
Users can try it without a subscription or credit card, just log in and give it a go. That matters more than it might sound since Sonnet 4.6 delivers performance that was previously only available from Opus-class models — Anthropic's most expensive, most powerful tier. But now, at a price point five times lower, users get an enterprise-level model for free.
Sonnet 4.6 offers file creation, connectors, skills and context compaction, which is a significant jump in what you can do without paying for anything.
