Anthropic is set to add support for its agentic feature Claude Cowork to the Claude mobile apps (iOS/Android) soon, letting users start and steer tasks on the go while work continues in the background even after the app is closed.
Reportedly coming soon · Anthropic
Claude "Cowork" Is Reportedly Going Mobile
Anthropic is said to be preparing full Cowork support for the Claude mobile app — start, steer, and check on agentic tasks from your phone, with work continuing in the background even after the app is closed. Timing is described only as "soon," with no fixed date.
2026
Cowork debuts as a research preview around January
3
Surfaces to check progress: phone, browser, desktop
∞
Tasks keep running in the background after the app closes
The road to a phone-native agent
Jan 2026
Cowork
Desktop app only. Acts on local files, folders & apps; runs multi-step tasks.
→
Mar 2026
Dispatch
Launch & control a desktop session from mobile via QR pairing — desktop still required.
→
Soon (reported)
Mobile Cowork
Run tasks fully from iOS/Android — no always-on desktop needed.
Cowork vs. Dispatch — what's different today
The current cross-device experience, before full mobile support.
Cowork (current)
Dispatch
Environment
Desktop app only
Launch/control from mobile
Operation
Runs tasks locally & directly
Orchestrates a desktop session
Requirement
Desktop always-on & connected
QR-code pairing
Target plan
Paid (Pro / Max)
Research preview (Max first)
PRAISE — "like a competent intern"
File organization & meeting-note cleanup
PowerPoint creation and data analysis
HTML dashboards from spreadsheets
Opens Claude Code up to GUI users
CONCERNS — "powerful but unfinished"
Slow and token-heavy — Max plan nearly essential
Bugs, especially on Windows
Hallucination risks
Dispatch leans toward remote control, not yet complete
The bigger play
Anthropic frames Claude Code and Cowork as "persistent agents" — seamless across every device.
Full mobile support would sharpen an always-connected agent experience against Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and OpenAI's agent features — and widen on-the-go use cases.
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