Anthropic prepares Claude Tasks on mobile for browser automation

Anthropic appears to be preparing “Tasks” inside Claude’s mobile apps. In a recent iOS build, new UI traces point to a Tasks entry in the app menu and a dedicated Tasks page where users could create new items, suggesting the feature is moving beyond desktop and into the phone-first workflow many Claude users rely on.

What’s visible so far looks closely aligned with the existing Claude Cowork interface: similar naming, iconography, and an emphasis on setting up repeatable actions rather than one-off prompts. If this ships as implied, it would effectively bring Cowork-style automation to iOS, and likely Android next, letting users set up structured jobs from the same place they already chat.

The strings also hint at broader capabilities attached to Tasks, including the ability for Claude to operate a browser as part of execution. On mobile, that would imply a workflow where a task can open pages, gather information, and complete steps in sequence, without the user manually driving every tap.

Timing remains unclear. Anthropic has been expanding Claude’s “agentic” surface area quickly across platforms, and a mobile rollout would be consistent with turning Cowork into a cross-device capability rather than a desktop-only feature.

If this lands soon, the most likely beneficiaries are power users and teams who already use Claude for recurring operational work, along with creators and professionals who want lightweight automation from a phone. It also sets up a platform race dynamic with other agent-style products on mobile, including the still-anticipated iOS arrival of Comet, where “who ships first” will shape mindshare even if the long-term capability sets converge.