Claude Cowork mobile is here, and it takes Anthropic’s task-automation agent off the desktop for the first time. Anthropic announced in a blog post that Cowork is rolling out to the web and to the Claude apps on iOS and Android. You can start a task on your laptop, check its progress from your phone, and pick up the finished result wherever you are.
Cowork launched as a desktop-only app in January. It picked up more capability in March. This update turns it into something that follows you across devices instead of staying tied to one machine.
Tasks Keep Running After You Close the Laptop
The core idea is continuity. A Cowork session can keep working in the background, even after you close your laptop. It pings your phone when it needs a decision from you. Anthropic is explicit that nothing goes out without a human checking it first: “Nothing ships until you’ve reviewed and approved it.”
Ramp’s Armmand Hosseini described the workflow in the announcement. “I built a dashboard to track my clients while traveling,” he said. “I started on my laptop and picked the session up on my phone while waiting for my bag to come out. It just held the thread.”
Most People Aren’t Using It to Code
Anthropic also shared usage data alongside the launch. It undercuts Cowork’s coding-agent reputation. Software development makes up less than 10 percent of Cowork sessions. Business operations and content creation account for roughly half of all usage combined. That covers things like spend reconciliation, contract review, and client presentations.
That mirrors a broader shift at Anthropic. Its agent tools increasingly reach beyond developers. Claude Design already hands off work straight to Claude Code, and the company’s Sonnet 5 model was built with agent workloads in mind. Desktop still offers the fullest version of Cowork. That includes local file and browser access that mobile and web do not yet match.
Rollout Stays Limited for Now
Access starts as a beta for Claude Max subscribers. Anthropic says it will expand to other plans over the coming weeks. To encourage people to try it, the company is extending its doubled Cowork usage limits through August 5. Anthropic also wants to eventually merge Cowork into the same interface as Claude’s regular chat, folding in Projects and Artifacts along the way. No timeline has been set for that step.
