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Other apps give your agents a window. Unmute lets you talk to them from wherever you are.
Every other interface is a window you go to. Unmute comes to you.
Terminals, desktop apps and agent managers all live in their own window. To start a session or answer one, you leave what you’re doing. Unmute sits on top of your whole Mac instead.
The usual way Terminal, desktop app or manager
- Leave the app you’re in
- Open the terminal or the agent app
- Find the right session, or start one
- Type out the whole request
- Come back later to check if it’s done
5 steps · 2 app switches · you check on it
With Unmute Anywhere on your Mac
- Tap right ⌥ where you are
- Say what you want
- Keep working
- It opens in the notch when it’s done or needs you
2 steps · no app switches · it comes back to you
Coding agent apps
Where your Claude Code and Codex sessions live.
vs
An open-source window for many agents, or a voice layer over your whole Mac.
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Claude CodeThe terminal, the desktop app and its /voice, and what Unmute adds on top.
Coming soon
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Codex appOpenAI’s desktop app, and talking to Codex without opening it.
Coming soon
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Parallel agents in workspaces, or parallel sessions in the notch.
Coming soonVoice tools
Dictation apps, and where they stop.
vsDictation everywhere, or dictation plus your coding agents.
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vsSuperwhisperOn-device dictation, or dictation that starts and answers sessions.
Coming soonSame agents, a different way to use them
Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Unmute |
Claude Code |
Codex app |
T3 Code |
Conductor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start a session from the app you’re in | Tap right ⌥ anywhere | Open the terminal or app | Open the app | Open the app | Open the app |
| Talk from any app | Anywhere on your Mac | In the Claude Code prompt | Dictation in the app | ||
| It comes to you when it’s done or needs you | The chat opens in the notch | A notification; you open the app | Notifications; you open the app | ||
| Answer without switching apps | Reply in the notch by voice |
Unmute doesn’t replace these apps. It’s a different way in: your sessions are still Claude Code and Codex. “–” means we couldn’t find it on the product’s own site.
Sources
Every statement above comes from these pages, read on Oct 20, 2026.