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Summary
- Anthropic announced on August 18 that it has opened Claude Cowork to users on all paid plans across mobile and web
- Cowork first launched on July 7 as a beta for the Max plan, letting work continue even after closing a laptop and letting users check results on their smartphone
- In the same announcement, scheduled tasks were shown to run even while the computer is off, and Chat and Cowork were merged into a single screen on web and desktop
- 최초 공개일
- 2026년 7월 7일, Max 요금제 베타로 시작
- 확대 발표일
- 2026년 8월 18일
- 확대 범위
- 모바일·웹에서 전체 유료 요금제
- 핵심 기능
- 노트북을 닫아도 작업 지속, 완료 결과물을 스마트폰에서 확인
- 예약 작업
- 컴퓨터가 꺼져 있어도 실행
- 사용량 한도
- 8월 5일까지 2배로 연장 적용
- 인터페이스 변화
- 채팅과 코워크가 웹·데스크톱에서 하나의 홈으로 통합
Claude that keeps working even after you close your laptop
Assigning a task to Claude at your desk before heading to work, then checking the results on your smartphone during the commute home — this is now possible for everyone on the full lineup of paid plans. The official Claude account said on August 18 that "Claude Cowork is now available across all paid plans on mobile and web."
This feature isn't new. When Anthropic first unveiled it on July 7, it was available only in beta to users on the top-tier Max plan, with a note that it would "expand to more plans over the coming weeks." About six weeks later, this announcement delivers on that promise with an actual rollout.
What exactly is Claude Cowork
The name says it all — working together. When you assign a task to Claude on your desktop computer, the work doesn't stop even if you close your laptop. In its July 7 announcement, Anthropic introduced the feature by saying, "Even if you close your laptop, Claude keeps working." Once a task is finished, you can pick it up and check it on your smartphone.
The same announcement also introduced scheduled tasks. If you schedule a 6 a.m. task to prepare for a client meeting, Claude will spend the night reviewing email threads and meeting transcripts, put together a briefing, and even draft follow-up emails — without sending them. If a decision requiring judgment comes up, only that question gets sent to the user's smartphone. The key point is that the work runs without needing the computer to stay on.
There was also a change to the interface. Anthropic merged Chat and Cowork into a single screen on web and desktop. This allows projects and artifacts to be managed in one place, making the starting screen for assigning tasks to Claude the same as the screen for starting a conversation. Usage limits were doubled through August 5.
How to try it
① Where to start — Claude Cowork can be accessed on the web (claude.ai), the desktop app, and now the newly opened mobile app.
② Step-by-step usage
- Assign a task from the Claude screen on your desktop computer. For example, you could ask it to pull invoices scattered across multiple tabs and compile a month-end closing report.
- Close your laptop and leave your desk — the task keeps running in the background.
- Open the Claude app on your smartphone to check progress and completed results. If a question requiring judgment comes up, you'll get a notification first.
- Schedule recurring tasks. At the set time, Claude prepares the materials, and the work is done even without turning on the computer.
③ Who can use it
| Timing | Availability |
|---|---|
| July 7, 2026 | Max plan, beta |
| August 18, 2026 | All paid plans on mobile and web |
④ What you can try — For example, if you schedule a task the night before a meeting, meeting materials and follow-up email drafts will be ready the next morning. While traveling without a laptop, you can check progress using only your smartphone and respond only to questions that require urgent judgment.
Editor's view
This expansion isn't just one more feature — it signals what kind of tool Anthropic is pushing Claude to become. On August 12, the company connected chat sessions in the "Claude in Chrome" browser extension across desktop, web, and mobile; on August 9, it introduced budget caps for agent sessions along with the ability to escalate difficult judgment calls to more capable models. Combined with this Cowork expansion, all three announcements point in one direction: moving Claude from a chatbot you need to sit in front of a computer to use, into an agent that runs on its own across devices.
Comparing generations makes the shift clear. Older AI assistants would lose the conversation the moment you closed the browser tab, forcing you to re-explain context from scratch the next day. Cowork flips that. Closing your laptop is no longer a signal to stop working — it becomes a signal to keep going autonomously. Since scheduled tasks run independent of the computer's power state, the points where users need to get involved narrow down to checking results and making judgment calls.
In practical terms, this feature will likely show benefits first in repetitive, standardized tasks — meeting prep, invoice organization, drafting follow-up emails. However, the fact that it's designed to stop just short of sending should be read as a signal that a human should give it a final check rather than trusting it outright. Teams in Korea would be safer starting with tasks that have clear right answers, like recurring reports or meeting briefings.
In the coming weeks, the rollout is likely to extend to the remaining plans, including Pro, and the merged Chat-and-Cowork screen will likely make its way to mobile as well. Competitors are also expected to accelerate their race toward background agents that keep conversations running without interruption.
