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Summary
- Anthropic unveiled a feature that syncs conversation sessions from its Chrome extension "Claude in Chrome" with desktop, web, and mobile Claude
- Skills and connectors used in the browser carry over and continue working as-is, with immediate rollout for Max and Team plans
- Pro plan support will follow in the coming weeks, and the released images showed a use case of compiling invoices from multiple tabs into a month-end closing report
- 발표 계정
- 앤스로픽 공식 클로드(Claude) X 계정
- 발표일
- 2026년 8월 12일
- 핵심 변경
- 클로드 인 크롬 세션이 데스크톱·웹·모바일로 연동, 대화 저장
- 함께 이어지는 기능
- 스킬(skills)과 커넥터(connectors)가 브라우저에서도 작동
- 즉시 적용 대상
- Max, Team 요금제
- 순차 적용 대상
- Pro 요금제, 수 주 내 예정
- 공개된 활용 예시
- 여러 탭의 인보이스를 모아 월말 결산 스프레드시트에 반영
The wall between browser and app disappears
Anthropic announced on August 12 that conversations held in its Chrome extension "Claude in Chrome" can now carry over seamlessly to desktop, web, and mobile Claude. Until now, work done with Claude in the browser was confined to that session — but now, closing a laptop and opening a smartphone no longer breaks the conversation's context.
It's not just the conversation content that carries over. Skills (custom procedures that automate repetitive tasks) and connectors (integrations with external services) set up in the browser also continue to work. Anthropic stated, "Your skills and connectors work in the browser too."
A demonstrated use case
An image released alongside the announcement showed a concrete demo scenario. When a user requested, "Do month-end closing with these tabs. Pull each invoice and put it into the monthly report," the screen showed Claude checking the open tabs and identifying the items needed for the spreadsheet. The browser had tabs open simultaneously from different vendors — insurance, telecom, and cleaning services — and Claude moved between each tab to extract amounts and line items.
This illustrates that Claude in Chrome is being used not just as a search aid, but as an office automation tool that consolidates information scattered across multiple web tabs into a single document.
Who gets access first
| Plan | Rollout timing |
|---|---|
| Max | Immediate (starting August 12) |
| Team | Immediate (starting August 12) |
| Pro | Phased rollout over the coming weeks |
The announcement made no mention of the free plan.
How to try it
① Where to start — Opening the Claude in Chrome extension installed in the Chrome browser brings up a chat panel on the right side. If logged in with a Max or Team account, session syncing appears to apply automatically without additional setup.
② Step-by-step usage
- Open the tabs you want to work with in Chrome (e.g., multiple sites containing invoices).
- Click the Claude in Chrome icon to open the chat panel.
- Type your request in plain language — for example, "Pull the invoice amounts from these tabs and organize them into a table."
- While Claude moves between tabs to carry out the task, a status indicator shows progress.
- Afterward, closing the laptop and opening the same conversation in the desktop or mobile app will show the prior content and results carried over intact.
③ Who can use it — Max and Team plan users can use it immediately upon announcement, while Pro users will get phased access over the coming weeks.
④ What you can try — For example, users can consolidate invoices scattered across multiple vendor sites into a single closing report, or organize research gathered in the browser and continue reviewing it later on a smartphone while on the move.
Agent competition spreads to the browser
This update follows the same trajectory as a series of agent-strengthening measures Anthropic has recently rolled out. On August 9, budget caps and an advisor model feature were added to Claude's Managed Agents, and on August 10, Auto mode for the coding tool Claude Code became the default for Pro, Max, and Team accounts. Anthropic has been steadily expanding the scope of automation that proceeds without human approval.
Rival Google is aiming in a similar direction. Gemini Spark, expanded on July 30, positions itself as a 24-hour personal agent that uses Chrome's auto-navigation feature to handle browser tasks on the user's behalf. Both companies are simultaneously pursuing efforts to carry work started in the browser across devices — and eventually, without human intervention at all.
So what actually changes
Until now, browser extensions often lost their context the moment the window was closed. With this change, Claude users can pick up research or organizing work started in Chrome on a work computer and continue it on a smartphone during the commute or on a desktop at home — without having to explain everything from scratch again. The impact is likely to be most noticeable in repetitive office tasks that consolidate information scattered across multiple web tabs, such as organizing invoices or compiling materials. However, since the feature is currently limited to Max and Team plans, the timing of its expansion to the Pro plan — used by the majority of individual users — will be the next indicator of its real-world impact.
