Claude gets a Design tab and new Opus 4.7 model
Anthropic launched Opus 4.7 with improved vision and a new `xhigh` reasoning tier, alongside a new Design tab in Claude that generates wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes from chat.
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Developers and designers can now use Claude's Design tab to go from image or prompt to high-fidelity prototype in one workflow, while Opus 4.7's improved vision and new `xhigh` reasoning tier expand what's possible in vision-heavy coding and agentic tasks.
- 01Opus 4.7 launches with improved vision capabilities and more efficient reasoning token usage.
- 02A new `xhigh` reasoning level is added between the existing 'high' and 'max' tiers.
- 03Claude's new Design tab offers a canvas-like interface for wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes, guided by a 5-10 question interactive form.
The article covers a cluster of AI product updates, leading with Anthropic's release of Opus 4.7. The new model is described as significantly improved at vision (interpreting images) and more efficient at using reasoning tokens. A new `xhigh` thinking level has been added, sitting between the existing "high" and "max" tiers. The article notes that despite negative sentiment on Twitter characterizing 4.7 as a regression, the author used it over the weekend at `xhigh` without issues.
Claude also launched a Design tab, a canvas-like interface with chat on the sidebar aimed at wireframing and high-fidelity prototyping.
Claude also launched a Design tab, a canvas-like interface with chat on the sidebar aimed at wireframing and high-fidelity prototyping. It prompts users with 5-10 questions via an interactive form before generating designs, and the image-to-design workflow is highlighted as particularly strong. The feature is in research preview with separate limits; on the $20 plan, users can expect only 2-3 large generations per week. On the Codex side, updates include Computer Use for Mac apps (which runs in the background, freeing up the user's machine), Chronicle (an opt-in screen-context memory feature), and a suite of new plugins including image generation. Factory AI was also noted as reaching a $1.5B valuation after raising $150M, with its coding agent Droid available via a new desktop app.
Key facts
- 01Opus 4.7 launches with improved vision capabilities and more efficient reasoning token usage.
- 02A new `xhigh` reasoning level is added between the existing 'high' and 'max' tiers.
- 03Claude's new Design tab offers a canvas-like interface for wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes, guided by a 5-10 question interactive form.
- 04On the $20 plan, the Design tab's weekly limits are expected to allow only 2-3 large generations during research preview.
- 05Codex gains Computer Use for Mac, running in the background so the user's machine remains free.
- 06Codex also adds Chronicle, an opt-in preview that uses recent screen context to build memories, plus new plugins including image generation.
- 07Factory AI reached a $1.5B valuation following a $150M raise, with its coding agent Droid available via a new desktop app.