--- title: Claude's desktop app now has a built-in browser | daily.dev description: Anthropic added a built-in Chromium-based browser to Claude's Cowork desktop app on Mac, Windows, and Linux, rolling out to Pro, Max, and Team subscribers this... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/claude-s-desktop-app-now-has-a-built-in-browser-hc5waegxy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Claude's desktop app now has a built-in browser | daily.dev og:description: Anthropic added a built-in Chromium-based browser to Claude's Cowork desktop app on Mac, Windows, and Linux, rolling out to Pro, Max, and Team subscribers this... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/claude-s-desktop-app-now-has-a-built-in-browser-hc5waegxy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hC5WAegxy.png og:image:alt: Claude's desktop app now has a built-in browser og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Claude's desktop app now has a built-in browser **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 2 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Anthropic added a built-in Chromium-based browser to Claude's Cowork desktop app on Mac, Windows, and Linux, rolling out to Pro, Max, and Team subscribers this week, with Enterprise admins able to enable it immediately. This browser lets Claude navigate sites, fill forms, and pull data from web portals independently, without needing the Claude Chrome extension or access to the user's own browser tabs, logins, or bookmarks. The Chrome extension remains the default when installed and stays useful for tasks on pages already open with existing logins. Users can import logins from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, though banking, email, and SSO logins are explicitly excluded, and OS-specific limitations apply. Anthropic acknowledges prompt injection risks remain nonzero, with built-in safeguards checking Claude's actions against stated user intent. ## Content Anthropic has added a built-in Chromium-based browser to Claude Cowork, its desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux. The feature is rolling out this week to Pro, Max, and Team subscribers, and Enterprise admins can enable it immediately. The browser opens automatically in a side panel when a prompt requires web access. It's separate from the Claude Chrome extension, which stays useful for tasks involving pages already open in your own browser. If you have the extension installed, it remains the default - but you can switch to the built-in browser in settings. Because the built-in browser runs inside the app rather than as a standalone product, it sidesteps the EU's Digital Markets Act choice screen requirements that apply to gatekeepers like Google. OpenAI made a similar move this month, folding its standalone Atlas browser into a Work mode with a built-in browser. ## What it can and can't do The browser can navigate sites, fill forms, and pull data from portals without touching your existing browser tabs, bookmarks, or saved logins. You can import credentials from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, though this has OS-specific limitations and explicitly excludes banking, email, and SSO logins. Anything else requires entering credentials manually. Prompt injection - where malicious content on a webpage tries to hijack Claude's actions - remains a real risk. Anthropic acknowledges it's nonzero and says the same guardrails used by the Chrome extension are in place, checking Claude's actions against what you actually asked for. That's not nothing, but it's worth keeping in mind if you're pointing it at unfamiliar sites. ## Questions this post answers ### Does Claude's new built-in browser replace the Claude Chrome extension? No, the Chrome extension remains the default when installed and is still useful for tasks on pages already open in your own browser with existing logins. The new built-in Chromium-based browser in Claude's Cowork desktop app runs separately and is meant for cases where Claude needs to work on the web independently, without access to your browser tabs, logins, or bookmarks. _Developers weighing AI browser agents can track tool comparisons like this on daily.dev._ ### Which platforms and subscription tiers can use Claude's built-in browser in the Cowork desktop app? The built-in Chromium-based browser is rolling out on Mac, Windows, and Linux versions of Claude's Cowork desktop app. Pro, Max, and Team subscribers get access this week, while Enterprise admins can enable it immediately for their organizations rather than waiting for the rollout. _daily.dev helps teams evaluating new AI agent capabilities stay on top of rollout details._ ### What are the security risks of Claude's built-in browser feature? Prompt injection risk is not zero, according to Anthropic itself. Built-in safeguards check Claude's actions against the user's stated intent, but this is the same fundamental tradeoff present in any AI agent that browses the web on a user's behalf. Additionally, banking, email, and SSO logins are explicitly excluded from the login import feature for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. _Teams adopting AI browsing agents can follow security tradeoffs like these on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#claude](https://daily.dev/tags/claude), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#prompt-injection](https://daily.dev/tags/prompt-injection) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/claude-s-desktop-app-now-has-a-built-in-browser-hc5waegxy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Claude's desktop app now has a built-in browser","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-s-desktop-app-now-has-a-built-in-browser-hc5waegxy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-s-desktop-app-now-has-a-built-in-browser-hc5waegxy"},"datePublished":"2026-08-26T22:09:17.636Z","dateModified":"2026-08-27T21:25:17.126Z","description":"Anthropic added a built-in Chromium-based browser to Claude's Cowork desktop app on Mac, Windows, and Linux, rolling out to Pro, Max, and Team subscribers this...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e86440ae962b903ae03fdc79c00d100a?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e86440ae962b903ae03fdc79c00d100a?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Collections","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Collections","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--fk_6ycEi--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780996001/logos/collections?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-s-desktop-app-now-has-a-built-in-browser-hc5waegxy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents,automation,claude,anthropic,prompt-injection","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collections","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Claude's desktop app now has a built-in browser"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-s-desktop-app-now-has-a-built-in-browser-hc5waegxy#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does Claude's new built-in browser replace the Claude Chrome extension?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No, the Chrome extension remains the default when installed and is still useful for tasks on pages already open in your own browser with existing logins. 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