Early users hail Opus 5.5 as S-tier release: 25% usage bump plus Fable-level smarts
EricBuess · x · 2026-09-23
McKay Wrigley praises Opus 5.5, saying it combines the personality users missed from Opus 4.6 with the intelligence and taste of Fable 5.1, plus a 25% usage bump — adding he sees little reason to use another model right now. Note this is a user review, not an official release announcement.
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