Overview
- Anthropic announced Tuesday that Claude Cowork is shifting from a desktop‑only app to cloud hosting and is rolling out web and mobile beta access first to Max plan subscribers.
- New cloud‑scheduled tasks now run even when no user device is online, but existing local scheduled tasks continue to require the user's device to be on unless moved manually.
- Anthropic published aggregated data from 1.2 million anonymized sessions showing more than 90% of Cowork use is non‑coding work, with 33.4% for business operations and 16.4% for content creation.
- The desktop app remains the most feature‑complete option because it can access local files and the browser, and Anthropic says Cowork will pause to ask for user review before finalizing decisions.
- The rollout is staged as part of Anthropic’s commercial push — doubled Cowork usage limits have been extended through August 5 and wider plan availability will follow in the coming weeks, a move that fits broader industry competition and the company’s growth plans.