Anthropic’s Claude Cowork is now available through the company’s Claude for Chrome browser extension, according to Engadget. The update brings Cowork into Chrome’s side panel, allowing users to carry chatbot work into the browser rather than keeping it confined to a standalone Claude app experience. The practical change is continuity. Engadget reports that conversations held in the Chrome side panel will become part of a user’s Claude history, and that Cowork’s skills and connectors will work automatically in the browser. Tasks can also move in either direction: started in a Claude app and continued in Chrome, or started in Chrome and continued in the app. Availability is tiered. Max and Team subscribers can use the feature now, while Pro subscribers are expected to receive access in the coming weeks, Engadget says. The report does not specify timing for other plan types. The extension matters because much of a knowledge worker’s workflow still happens inside the browser. Engadget frames the update as useful for people doing many tasks in Google-owned Chrome, particularly where Claude has no official integration with a given service. In those cases, a browser-side assistant may provide a way for Cowork to operate in tools that are not covered by Anthropic’s existing connectors. Engadget also notes the product positioning around Anthropic’s related tools. Claude Code, the company’s professional-grade coding option for programming with Anthropic’s AI models, is already available in the Chrome plugin. Claude Cowork, by contrast, was launched as a more streamlined option intended for layperson users, and Anthropic recently added the ability to control it from a smartphone. Claude for Chrome itself rolled out to all Anthropic users in late 2025, according to Engadget. The Cowork addition makes the extension less of a separate surface and more of a bridge between browser activity, Claude history, and Anthropic’s app-based workflows. Who benefits: Max and Team subscribers benefit first because they have access now. Heavy Chrome users and teams working across browser-based services may also see the most immediate utility. Who's exposed: Users on Pro plans must wait for access in the coming weeks. Organizations with strict browser-extension or data-handling policies will still need to evaluate the feature against their own controls; Engadget does not provide those details.