Anthropic Brings Claude Cowork to Chrome Sidebar, Enabling Cross-Device AI Work Sessions

Claude Cowork can now run in a Chrome sidebar - Engadget

Take your conversations with the chatbot into the Anthropic browser extension. Anthropic's Claude Cowork is now available as part of the company's Claude for Chrome browser extension. The change means conversations had in the Chrome side panel will become a part of the user's history, and their skills and connectors will automatically work in the browser. It also allows tasks to be started in a Claude app and then continued in a Chrome browser or vice versa. Max and Team subscribers can start using this feature today, and Pro plans will have access in the coming weeks. It's a helpful upgrade for anyone performing a lot of tasks in the Google-owned browser. While Anthropic has secured integrations with a lot of professional and lifestyle services for its Claude products, this can provide a way to still have the chatbot execute tasks in tools that don't have that official support. Claude Code, the professional-grade option for coding and programming with Anthropic's AI models, is already available in the Chrome plugin. Claude Cowork was launched as a more streamlined option of those tools intended for layperson users, and the company recently added the capability to control it via smartphone. Claude for Chrome rolled out to all Anthropic users in late 2025.

Claude Cowork is coming to your Chrome browser, and I might finally use it now

Get extra input on your work tasks with Claude Cowork in Chrome * Claude Cowork is coming to Google Chrome side panels * Claude can now connect across multiple systems and tools * Users will start seeing the upgrade now Anthropic has revealed it is upgrading the Claude in Chrome browser extension tool into a fully-fledged AI-powered work assistant. The tool, designed as a side panel, will now be a Claude Cowork session, allowing users to access the company's AI tools in the browser to help crack those tricky work tasks. "Conversations are saved to your history, your skills and connectors work in the browser, and a task you start in a tab can be finished on the Claude desktop, web, and mobile apps," Anthropic noted in a blog post announcing the news. Cowork in Chrome The company notes that while many of the tools that users interact with each day are already connected to Claude, others such as internal dashboards, legacy systems, and vendor portals are not. This therefore needed a separate side panel session, which could interrupt workflows for some workers. Connecting these via the new addition will mean that Claude can work in these apps through the Chrome browser, carrying context and conversations across your vital tools, whether that's on desktop, web or mobile. Anthropic says the side panel will run the same Claude Cowork session being used for longer, multi-step work, such as creating a budget spreadsheet that needs to pull in invoices from multiple vendor portals. Claude in Chrome would be able to gather up the amounts and dates needed before building the spreadsheet, allowing you to continue the session in the desktop app to add files from your computer, or import last month's budget and ask what's changed, allowing you to maintain context across surfaces as you work. And because sessions live with your account rather than a single device, you can start work in a browser and pick it up later somewhere else. Anthropic has also moved to address growing concerns around prompt injection cyberattacks against agents such as Claude in Chrome by adding a step where the tool will ask for a check from the user before carrying out any major action, such as submitting a form, sending a message, or downloading a file. Users on a Max and Team plans will see the change immediately, or can install the extension from the Chrome Web Store now - it will be rolling out to Pro users over the coming weeks. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.

Claude can now pull data from your browser tabs and keep working on your desktop

Claude in Chrome just merged with Cowork for uninterrupted cross device sessions. Anthropic just made its Claude browser extension a lot smarter, and it can remember your conversations on desktop, web, or mobile. The Claude in Chrome side panel now runs as a full Claude Cowork session, meaning your conversations, skills, and connectors all carry over between your browser and Claude's desktop, web, and mobile apps. Before this update, browser sessions stayed completely separate from everything else, so switching devices meant starting over. How Claude in Chrome actually works now Claude in Chrome can now see whatever page you are on and take real actions inside it, including clicking links, typing text, filling out forms, and moving between pages using your existing logins. That's useful for tools that never connect directly to Claude, like internal dashboards, legacy systems, or vendor portals. Say you need to build a budget spreadsheet using invoices scattered across several vendor sites. Claude can open each tab, pull the amounts and dates, and start building that spreadsheet for you. Since the sessions now live with your account instead of a single device, you can pick that same task back up later on the desktop app, add local files, or compare it against last month's numbers. Recommended Videos Anthropic has also been expanding how Claude interacts with the web more broadly, including a separate in-app browser for Claude Code that lets it read documentation without leaving the coding environment. Addressing the safety side of browser automation Letting an AI agent act inside your browser also comes with real risks, mainly prompt injection, where hidden instructions buried in a webpage or document can redirect AI agents without your knowledge. This isn't a hypothetical concern either, since recent security research has repeatedly exposed serious flaws across various AI browsing tools. This is why Anthropic added a new check that reviews any consequential action, such as submitting a form or sending a message, against your original request before it happens. That said, Claude will still ask permission before performing actions like making a purchase or sharing personal information. The update is live now for Max and Team plans, with Pro access rolling out in the coming weeks, while Enterprise admins can enable it selectively by domain.