Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude
Anthropic is merging Claude Cowork and Claude chat into a single general-purpose agent experience, rolling out first to Pro and Max plans.
Simon Willison reports that Claude Cowork and Claude chat are merging into one Claude interface starting today, letting users hand off quick questions or longer tasks that continue running even after the laptop is closed. The rollout covers the Claude app on web, desktop, and mobile over the coming weeks for Pro and Max subscribers. Willison notes this effectively turns Claude into a general agent in its own right.
- Claude Cowork and chat merge into a single agent experience
- Rolls out to Pro and Max plans on web, desktop, and mobile
- Tasks continue running after the user closes their laptop
Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude In hopefully good news for anyone who, like me, was increasingly confused at Cowork v.s. Claude v.s. Claude Code: Starting today, Claude Cowork and chat are merging into one Claude. Bring a quick question, or hand over a report due at noon, and Claude takes it from there, even after you’ve closed your laptop. [...] This is rolling out to Pro and Max plans first, in the Claude app on web, desktop, and mobile over the coming weeks to existing and new users on these plans. I guess this means Claude is becoming a general agent in its own right. On the one hand, this saves me some work, in that I was planning to finally figure out the boundaries between…
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