Cowork brings Claude Code's agentic capabilities to the Claude desktop app for knowledge work beyond coding. It runs locally on your computer in an isolated VM, enabling direct access to local files and MCP integrations.
Claude can now read and analyze health and fitness data on iOS and Android. Users can ask Claude about activity patterns, workout trends, sleep quality, and more. Available on Pro and Max plans, currently limited to US users. Android requires Health Connect and Android 14 or later.
Claude now offers a HIPAA-ready version available for organizations with Enterprise plans that choose to process protected health information (PHI) through Claude.
Claude in Chrome is now available in beta to all paid plan subscribers. Updates include Claude Code integration for browser testing, control browser actions from Claude Desktop, ability to record and repeat workflows, console logs for debugging, and admin controls for Team and Enterprise to manage the extension org-wide with allowlists/blocklists.
Skills are now easier to deploy, discover, and build with organization-wide management for Team and Enterprise plans, a directory of partner-built skills, and an open standard (Agent Skills) so skills work across AI platforms.
Claude Opus 4.5 launch: Released the most powerful frontier model to date.
Claude for Excel beta release: Now available in beta to all Max, Team, and Enterprise users with new capabilities including pivot tables, charts, file uploads, keyboard shortcut (ctrl+option+c) to open Claude app, and improvements to performance, speed, context management, and user experience.
Context window compaction: Changed context window functionality to enable infinite-length conversations and reduce length limit errors by summarizing earlier messages when chats approach the context limit.
Claude in Chrome updates: Now available in beta to all Max plan subscribers with scheduled tasks for recurring browser tasks, ability to approve a plan and let Claude execute independently, and model selection between Haiku 4.5, Sonnet 4.5, and Opus 4.5.
Max plan users can now access Claude's memory capabilities, with gradual rollout to Pro plans over the next two weeks.
Claude Haiku 4.5 launch: Released the fastest, most cost-efficient model that matches Sonnet 4's performance on coding, computer use, and agent tasks.
Claude in Chrome updates: Now powered by Haiku 4.5 for faster, more responsive experience with ability to switch to Sonnet 4.5; Claude handles image uploads automatically; improved screenshot and highlight capabilities for showing Claude exactly what you mean.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 launch: Released the best model for real-world agents, coding, and computer use.
File creation and editing: Pro users can now create and edit files; all paid plan users can access this on Claude for iOS or Android.
Claude in Chrome updates: Powered by Sonnet 4.5 with improved reasoning and reliability; work across multiple browser tabs simultaneously; smarter navigation of Slack, Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Docs, and GitHub; notifications when Claude needs permission or task is complete; upload images or take screenshots for precise visual context.
Enterprise plan users can now leverage memory; Claude can remember relevant context from chats and generate memory summaries. Incognito chats allow excluding conversations from Claude's memory.
Expanded to 10,000 Max plan users with new capabilities: long-running workflows that continue when switching tabs; /slash commands to save and reuse best-working prompts; contextual prompt suggestions based on current website.
Claude can now remember relevant context from chats and generate memory summaries across all plans. Incognito chats available for free, Pro, Max, and Team plans to exclude conversations from Claude's memory.
Claude can now create and edit Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint slide decks, documents, and PDFs directly in the Claude app.
Claude can now connect with iOS and Android apps to draft calendar events, find locations, and manage reminders (iOS only).
New API tool that allows Claude to execute Python code in a secure, sandboxed environment.
Experimental browser extension that allows Claude to read, click, and navigate websites alongside you.
Admin controls: Team and Enterprise plans can now enable/disable public desktop extensions and upload custom extensions.
Embeddable artifacts: Free, Pro, and Max plan users can generate embed code for any published artifacts.
Premium seats: Introduced premium seat tier for Team and Enterprise plans with more usage and access to Claude Code.
Extra usage: New setting allows Team and Enterprise users to purchase additional usage to continue chatting after hitting their usage limit.
Team plan organizations with monthly billing can now upgrade to annual billing.
1M token context window for Claude Sonnet 4 is in beta for API organizations in usage tier 4 or with custom rate limits.