Claude Cowork simply received its personal browser, constructed straight into the desktop app. Till now, giving Claude net entry inside Cowork meant handing it your precise Chrome browser by way of Claude in Chrome extension.
Now there’s a second possibility. Claude can open its personal separate browser contained in the Cowork aspect panel and deal with the online a part of a job by itself, whilst you hold engaged on no matter you’re doing.
So how is it completely different from Claude in Chrome?
Claude in Chrome makes use of your browser, your tabs, logins, the web page you have already got open. That setup is smart whenever you’re already on a web page and need Claude to leap in and assist. However loads of net duties don’t really want your private browser; they only want a medium to entry the online.
That is the place Claude’s new built-in browser steps in. It’s utterly separate from yours, and Claude by no means sees the tabs, bookmarks, or passwords in your private browser. That makes it the higher alternative for duties that don’t really want your private browser session, like researching for a report or pulling invoices off a vendor portal.
In order for you Claude signed into particular websites, you possibly can select to share these logins from Chrome, Edge, or Firefox. Delicate accounts like banking, electronic mail, or single sign-on are excluded by default until you intentionally select to incorporate them.
The security dangers you must find out about
In case you’re already utilizing Claude in Chrome, that stays your default. In any other case, Claude reaches for its personal browser routinely, and you may swap the desire anytime in Settings. It’s rolling out this week to Professional, Max, and Group plans on the desktop app, overlaying macOS, Home windows, and a Linux beta.
Anthropic is upfront that this carries the identical immediate injection dangers as any browser-using AI agent, that means malicious directions hidden in a webpage may attempt to hijack what Claude does. The identical safeguards used for Claude in Chrome apply right here, and Anthropic recommends beginning with websites you truly belief earlier than letting Claude free on them.
