TL;DRAnthropic has expanded Claude Cowork, its general-knowledge-work agent, from desktop to web and mobile, rolling out in beta to Max subscribers first. A feature called Dispatch keeps one persistent thread that routes tasks to Claude Code or Cowork and lets work continue while the laptop is closed. Anthropic also released usage data showing business-process and content tasks dominate, with coding just 8.7% of sessions.
Anthropic has brought Claude Cowork, its Claude Code-style agent for general knowledge work, to web and mobile. The tool launched as a desktop app in January and, from Tuesday, is rolling out in beta to Max subscribers first.
The pitch is continuity across devices. Users can kick off a task at their desk, get status updates on their phone, and collect the finished output later, even with the laptop closed.
Under a feature Anthropic calls Dispatch, a single persistent thread routes each request to the right engine. Development work runs in Claude Code, knowledge work runs in Cowork, and Claude messages back the result rather than every step.
The framing is deliberate, positioning Cowork less as a coding tool and more as an administrative coworker that runs in the background and pings you only when a decision is yours to make. In Anthropic’s words, the agent handles the “work around the work”.
