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March 27, 2026
Claude Can Now Control Your Desktop From Your Phone
Published: March 27, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Updated: March 27, 2026 at 12:42 AM
100-word summary
Anthropic's Claude Cowork lets the AI agent operate your computer remotely from your phone, pair mobile to desktop, and run multi-step tasks like exporting pitch decks or organizing files without constant prompting. The new Auto Mode for coding previews apps, fixes bugs, and merges pull requests on its own. It runs in an isolated virtual machine and works on macOS and Windows, but won't handle regulated workloads like healthcare data. The catch: your sessions don't sync across devices, and you're giving an AI screen access. Pro and Max subscribers get early access now in a research preview rollout.
What happened
Anthropic's Claude Cowork lets the AI agent operate your computer remotely from your phone, pair mobile to desktop, and run multi-step tasks like exporting pitch decks or organizing files without constant prompting. The new Auto Mode for coding previews apps, fixes bugs, and merges pull requests on its own. It runs in an isolated virtual machine and works on macOS and Windows, but won't handle regulated workloads like healthcare data. The catch: your sessions don't sync across devices, and you're giving an AI screen access.
Why it matters
Pro and Max subscribers get early access now in a research preview rollout.