Anthropic's Claude Cowork agent running in the cloud on web and mobile, continuing tasks in the background.
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Claude Cowork is Anthropic's task-delegation agent. You give Claude a job and it works across your files, calendar, email, messaging apps, the web and other connected tools until it finishes. Cowork previously ran only in the desktop app, so work stopped when the laptop was closed. The web and mobile rollout moves sessions to the cloud.
Tasks continue in the background when a device is closed, and scheduled tasks run with no device online. When Claude reaches a decision only the user can make, it sends the question to the user's phone, and nothing ships until the user reviews and approves it. Sessions and files follow the user across devices. On web and desktop, chat and Cowork now share one home, with projects and artifacts shared across both. Anthropic says over 90% of Cowork usage is non-coding knowledge work, such as business operations and content creation.
Web access starts from the claude.ai home screen, and mobile access is from the sidebar of the Claude iOS and Android apps. Beta access was announced as rolling out over several weeks, starting with Max users and with more plans to follow. The desktop app remains the full experience, including local files and browser use. Anthropic's pricing page lists "Hand off and schedule tasks" from the Pro plan ($20/month, or $17 with annual billing).
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Claude Cowork now runs in the cloud and is available on web and mobile. Tasks continue in the background when the laptop is closed, and you can check on them from your phone.
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