You are stepping out of your house, phone in hand, already thinking about the work waiting for you. Instead of opening your laptop early or rushing back, you send a quick message — “prepare that report” or “organise those files.” By the time you sit down at your desk, the work is already done. Confused? Well, that is the kind of experience Anthropic is trying to create with its latest update to Claude. The company has introduced a new “Dispatch” feature that lets users control the AI from their phone while it carries out tasks on their desktop computer. Here is everything you need to know about it.
Claude AI wants to be a remote employee, Anthropic says now you can control it from phone
With this update, Claude starts behaving less like a chatbot and more like a remote employee. This capability is a research preview in the Cowork option, using which users can send instructions to Claude from their phone. The AI then carries out those instructions on the desktop app, using access to local files, connected apps, and plugins.
This means you could be commuting and ask Claude to prepare a presentation, organise folders, or analyse a spreadsheet sitting on your computer at home or office. By the time you open your system, the output is already there. Anthropic says the system delivers results like documents, reports, or structured data instead of showing each step taken during the process.
With this setup, your phone becomes a way to assign tasks, while Claude continues working in the background on your system. Whether it’s pulling data from a file, preparing a document, or arranging folders, the AI handles it without constant supervision.
What makes this feel smooth is that Claude keeps everything inside one ongoing conversation. You don’t have to start from scratch every time you open the app. If you asked it to create a draft earlier, you can return later and continue from the same point. It remembers the context, understands follow-up instructions, and keeps the workflow going without interruptions.
As mentioned above, Anthropic is rolling out this feature as part of its Cowork setup, where Claude acts more like a helper that can take instructions and deliver results, instead of just replying to queries. It runs on your computer, which means it can access the files and tools you already use. You are not limited to what your phone can open, Claude works with what is on your desktop.
Of course, giving this kind of access also means users need to be careful. Since the AI can interact with local files and connected services, any instruction you send from your phone can lead to real changes on your system. That could be as simple as organising documents, but it could also involve deleting or modifying files if asked to do so.
From a safety point of view, Anthropic says that users should understand what access they have given to Claude before relying on it fully. It suggests that knowing what the AI can and cannot do becomes important when it is working without you watching every step.
The new feature is rolling out gradually to Max plans starting today, and Pro plans starting tomorrow. It requires both the Claude Desktop app and the Claude mobile app.