Overview
- Anthropic announced on July 7 that Claude Cowork is available in web and mobile test builds with staged invites beginning with Max users, extending the desktop agent into cross-device use.
- The update adds cross-device session continuity so users can start work on desktop and pick up progress or receive results on phone or other devices.
- Cowork now runs timed and long-running workflows in Anthropic’s cloud so tasks continue even when a user’s device is offline and only pause to request approval for key decisions.
- Anthropic says more than 90% of Cowork activity is non-developer work, with business operations and content creation making up roughly half of usage and guiding the product’s design choices.
- The rollout deepens a broader industry shift as OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google push agent features into everyday knowledge-worker tools, a move that could change who uses AI and how workplaces handle routine tasks.