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Dispatch and computer use in Cowork
Launched Mar 23, 2026
Lets Claude use your computer (browser, mouse, keyboard, screen) in Claude Cowork and Claude Code when no connector exists, with Dispatch for assigning tasks from your phone while it keeps working on the desktop.
- Surface
- App
- Availability
- Preview
- Plans
- Pro, Max
- Retired
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Strengths & weaknesses
Strengths
- Uses connectors first, screen control only as fallback
- Asks permission before acting or opening new apps
- macOS and Windows
Weaknesses
- Research preview that 'won't always work perfectly'
- Desktop app must be running and awake
Release notes list a persistent phone-to-Cowork thread (Dispatch) as a research preview on 2026-03-17 (Max first, then Pro) and computer use in Cowork/Claude Code on 2026-03-23.