Shut Those Laptops! Anthropic Puts Its Claude Cowork Agent on Your Phone
TL;DR
Anthropic is expanding Claude Cowork beyond the desktop: the agent can keep working on tasks after a laptop is closed or the desktop app is no longer active. Users will be able to control Cowork through the Claude mobile app or a browser. The earlier Dispatch flow still required an awake computer with the app open. The rollout starts as a beta for Claude Max subscribers at $100 per month, with Pro users expected to follow. Access for free users remains unclear.
Nauti's Take
The first test for small teams should be control, not productivity: what permissions does the agent have, what gets logged, and how quickly can it be stopped? An agent that keeps running after the laptop closes needs clear limits on data access, approvals, and cost before it touches real workflows.
Briefingshow
This is more than a mobile update: Anthropic is moving agents from active desktop sessions into persistent work loops. That makes AI tools feel closer to real delegation, but also puts them closer to sensitive email, Slack, calendars, and documents. Anyone using these agents will need clear permissions, logs, and hard stop controls.
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