Anthropic updates its Chrome browser extension — the original “Claude in Chrome” officially upgraded to Claude Cowork. The core change this time is: in the browser sidebar and Claude Conversations are now saved in history and can be seamlessly transferred to desktop, web or mobile apps to continue.
Claude What is Cowork?
Simply put, this is a Claude A tool that can "work with you" in the browser. Used before Claude In Chrome, the conversation in the sidebar is isolated - it breaks when I switch devices. Now after the upgrade:
- Conversation cloud synchronization: The chat history in the browser is automatically saved, and the chat can be seamlessly continued on another device.
- Continue across terminals: You can continue your previous work on the desktop client, web page claude.ai or mobile phone
- Stronger browser capabilities:Claude Can read the current page, assist in writing emails, summarize documents, etc.
When can it be used?
Claude Cowork has announced today (August 14) Max and Team usersOpen, with Pro users expected to get it "in the coming weeks." If you are using the free version, you will have to wait for now.
Why is this move so critical?
This wave of upgrades by Anthropic is essentially grabbing the ecological niche of “AI work entrance”. The browser is the tool we use most every day. Embedding the AI assistant in the sidebar of the browser means Claude Having access to the user’s work context—web pages, emails, documents—is an advantage that other AI tools will find difficult to replicate.
Cooperate Claude With the layout of the Sonnet 5 series in the programming and agent directions, Anthropic is building a complete workflow closed loop from the browser to the desktop. For users, there is one more convenient choice; for developers,Claude The "environment awareness" capability means that there will be new ways to implement many automated tasks in the future.
remind
if you are Claude Old users, please remember to check the permission settings of the extension after upgrading - browser extensions can access the content of the pages you browse, and privacy-sensitive operations should be authorized with caution.
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