--- 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 · 4 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 ### What can Claude's built-in browser in Cowork do compared to the Claude Chrome extension? The built-in browser in Claude Cowork opens automatically in a side panel when a prompt requires web access, navigating sites, filling forms, and pulling data from portals without touching your existing browser tabs, bookmarks, or logins. It's separate from the Claude Chrome extension, which remains the default if installed and stays useful for tasks involving pages already open in your own browser, though you can switch to the built-in browser in settings. _Developers tracking new agentic browsing capabilities in Claude Cowork can follow updates like this on daily.dev._ ### Why did Anthropic build a browser into the Claude desktop app instead of shipping a standalone browser like OpenAI's Atlas? Running the browser inside the Claude Cowork app rather than as a standalone product lets Anthropic avoid the EU's Digital Markets Act choice screen requirements that apply to gatekeepers like Google. OpenAI made a similar move by folding its standalone Atlas browser into a Work mode with a built-in browser, suggesting this is becoming a common tactic among AI companies shipping browser features. _Anyone evaluating how AI vendors navigate EU regulation can follow this trend on daily.dev._ ### Can Claude's built-in browser log into banking or email sites automatically? No, credential import for the Claude Cowork built-in browser explicitly excludes banking, email, and SSO logins, even though you can import saved credentials from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox for other sites, subject to OS-specific limitations. Anything excluded, including those sensitive account types, requires entering credentials manually rather than relying on imported saved logins. _Teams weighing security tradeoffs of agentic browser tools can track these details 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":"2026-09-13T20:03:36.569Z","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":4},{"@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":"What can Claude's built-in browser in Cowork do compared to the Claude Chrome extension?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The built-in browser in Claude Cowork opens automatically in a side panel when a prompt requires web access, navigating sites, filling forms, and pulling data from portals without touching your existing browser tabs, bookmarks, or logins. 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