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Claude Fable 5 will be included in all Max and Team Premium plans starting July 20, at 50% of limits.
Anthropic announced that Claude Fable 5 will be permanently available in Max and Team Premium subscription plans from July 20, at half the normal usage limits. ✦ AI generated
Anthropic (@claudeai) · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-18 · original ↗
Beginning July 20, Claude Fable 5 will be included in all Max and Team Premium plans, at 50% of limits.
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- ·Rolls out permanently starting July 20
- ·Included in all Max and Team Premium plans
- ·Usage capped at 50% of normal limits
- ·Announced by Anthropic (@claudeai)
- ·No separate purchase needed for Fable 5 access
- ·Applies uniformly across Max plan tier
- ·Applies uniformly across Team Premium tier
- ·Limit set at half of standard usage
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Competition from GPT-5.6 Sol, and to a lesser extent Kimi 3, made Anthropic's plan to remove Fable 5 from subscription accounts untenable.Simon Willison · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 75%Users can spend up to half their weekly usage limit on Fable 5, then either pay with usage credits or switch to another model to stay within their remaining limits.Anthropic · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 70%Subscribers won't pay $100 or $200/month for a plan that excludes the provider's best model.Simon Willison · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 65%