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  • Anthropic Adds Personal App Connectors to Claude, Including Spotify, Uber Eats, and TurboTax

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    Anthropic expanded Claude’s app integration capabilities in April 2026, adding connectors for a range of personal apps including Spotify, Uber, Audible, AllTrails, TripAdvisor, Instacart, and TurboTax. The new connectors are available immediately across all Claude subscription plans.

    The expansion builds on Claude’s existing support for work-related app connections, such as Microsoft apps, but shifts focus to consumer and lifestyle services. Once a personal app is connected, Claude will suggest it during relevant conversations — for example, recommending AllTrails when a user asks about hiking.

    Anthropic addressed privacy and transparency concerns directly in its announcement. The company stated that data from connected apps is not used to train its models, that connected apps cannot view a user’s other Claude conversations, and that users can disconnect any app at any time. Anthropic also noted there are no paid placements or sponsored answers within Claude conversations. When multiple apps are relevant to a query, Claude will display results from each, ranked by usefulness.

    For actions such as making a purchase or reservation through a connected app, Claude will ask users to confirm before proceeding. Some of the newly supported apps, including Spotify, already offer similar connectors through OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

    Users can browse and add apps by selecting “connectors” under the “customize” tab in the Claude sidebar.

    Source: The Verge

  • Instagram Launches Snapchat-Style Disappearing Photo App Called Instants in Italy and Spain

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    Meta launched a standalone app called Instants in Italy and Spain on April 23, 2026, offering Instagram users a dedicated way to send disappearing photos and videos to friends. The app allows content to be viewed only once within a 24-hour window, closely mirroring features found in Snapchat.

    Instants is available on both iOS and Android. Meta has not announced whether a desktop version is planned or when, or if, the app will expand to other regions including the United States.

    Users can capture photos and videos through the in-app camera and send them to mutual Instagram followers and close friends. Editing options are intentionally restricted — text can be added, but no other modifications to the media are permitted. The app carries the tagline “real life, real quick” and is designed, according to an Instagram spokesperson, to “give people low-pressure ways to connect with friends.”

    Instants remains linked to a user’s existing Instagram account, though Meta says users can choose to share and view disappearing photos through either the new standalone app or the original Instagram platform. The feature builds on a photo-sharing tool previously baked into Instagram messages, originally called “Shots” before being rebranded to Instants.

    Meta acknowledged it is “exploring multiple versions of Instants to see what people like.” The app draws clear comparisons to both Snapchat and BeReal, making it Meta’s latest attempt to replicate features from those services. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri had signaled related goals around authenticity in December 2025.

    Source: The Verge