Anthropic announced today it is expanding Claude Cowork capabilities from the desktop app to the web and mobile, starting as a beta with gradual rollout on select paid plans. "Cowork is where you hand Claude a task, and it works across your files, calendar, email, messaging app, the web, and the other tools you connect until the job is done," the company says.

Three key changes define the mobile and web experience: work follows users across devices — start a task at your desk, check on it from your phone, and pick up output anywhere; work continues in the background after closing the laptop; and scheduled tasks run with no device online. Decisions still require user approval via phone notifications. Once available, Cowork will be accessible from the sidebar of the Claude app on iPhone, iPad, and Android, as well as claude.ai.

Anthropic extended doubled Cowork usage limits through August 5 and merged Chat and Cowork into one home tab on web and desktop. Additionally, Claude Fable 5 access has been extended to all paid plans through July 19, allowing up to 50% of weekly usage limits on the most capable consumer model. The beta rollout begins with the Max plan over the next several weeks.