Amp retires Dial's four modes in favor of a model selector
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Amp has discontinued Dial and its four modes—low, medium, high, and ultra—replacing them with a model selector: users can choose a model and reasoning effort individually for each thread, and can switch mid-thread within the same thread. The selector indicates which subscription or API key pays for each model, or whether it consumes Amp credits. New threads default to Staff Pick, currently Claude Opus 5.5. Amp notes that switching models still has a cost: the prompt cache belongs to only one model, and a new model must read the entire thread without cache, so the first message after switching costs more.
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- Amp ChronicleBye Bye, Dial
Amp is retiring its Dial and its four modes (low, medium, high, ultra) in favor of a model selector that lets users pick the model and its effort per thread, including mid-thread, and shows which subscription or API key will be billed or whether Amp credits are used. The change follows the addition of bring-your-own subscriptions and keys, which made the selected model determine billing as well as token production. New threads start on Staff Pick (Claude Opus 5.5 today), and existing threads keep running on their prior model.
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