Chrome, mobile, voice and everyday apps

In 2026, Anthropic added Claude to Chrome, the mobile app, Office, Google Workspace and Slack. In each case, Claude works on the file or page you have open, with no copy-pasting.

Claude in Chrome

A Chrome extension that opens Claude in a side panel. Claude sees the page you're on and acts inside it: it reads, types, clicks, browses and fills in forms, using the accounts you're already logged in to. Useful for tools that have no connector: an internal dashboard, an old back office, a supplier portal.

The key dates:

• August 12, 2026: the side panel becomes a Cowork session (Max and Team first, Pro in the following weeks). Your conversations are saved, your skills and connectors work in the browser, and a task started in a tab can be finished on desktop, web or mobile.
• August 26, 2026: generally available on all paid plans.

Auto-approval. Claude can chain actions without asking you every time. A classifier checks each action before it goes through. It's the same mechanism as auto mode in Claude Code.

You can turn off auto-approval in settings if you'd rather approve everything yourself.

The limits. Chrome only: no other Chromium browsers, and no mobile. To work on files on your computer or in other apps, you need the Desktop app (chapter 7). On Enterprise, the extension is off by default and the admin can restrict it to approved domains.

Chrome or the built-in browser? Chrome for the page in front of you, with your accounts. The Desktop built-in browser for a web task you hand off while you do something else (chapter 7).

For developers, Claude Code also connects to Chrome with claude --chrome or the /chrome command.

Claude on mobile

The iOS and Android app grew a lot this year.

• Since July 7, 2026, you can start Cowork tasks from your phone. They run in the cloud, so they keep going when you close the app.
• A task started at your desk also shows up on your phone. You follow its progress, and you can reply to Claude or redirect the work.
• You get a notification when a task is done or when Claude needs you.
• Since October 8, 2026, you can edit a doc, a deck or a design right on your phone. Sharing settings for a design are still web and desktop only.

For devs: Remote Control lets you drive a Claude Code session running on your machine from your phone, and the Code tab in the app starts cloud sessions (chapter 6).

Voice mode

Since July 23, 2026 (in beta), voice mode runs on Opus, Sonnet and Haiku. Before that, it was Haiku only. It uses the fastest version of the model you pick, and by default the last model you used in text. You can switch models mid-conversation.

Use it to prepare an important pitch or to decide between two offers out loud. It can also take actions: "push my meeting back 30 minutes", "summarize the emails I got today". Claude asks for your permission before using a connected tool.

Before you start:

• Voice mode works in several languages, but Claude doesn't detect yours on its own. To use something other than English, say out loud which language to switch to, or pick it in the voice mode settings. The language you set elsewhere in the app doesn't carry over.
• On Free, you get Haiku and a single connected tool. Paid plans get all models and all their connectors.
• Voice conversations count against your usage limits, just like text.
• It works on mobile, desktop and web, but it's most practical on a phone (the sound wave icon).

Claude in Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook

Since May 7, 2026, Claude for Excel, PowerPoint and Word is generally available. Claude for Outlook is in public beta. All paid plans, on Mac and Windows.

The four apps share one conversation, so context follows you from one app to the next. Example: an email triaged in Outlook becomes a memo in Word, the analysis goes into Excel, and it all ends up as a PowerPoint deck, without explaining anything twice. If the files are open side by side, an assumption changed in Excel updates the chart in the deck and the number in the memo.

In Outlook, replies arrive as drafts. Nothing gets sent until you click Send.

Install: from Microsoft AppSource. In a company, the admin deploys it from the Microsoft admin center.

Claude in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides

Since October 6, 2026, in public beta on all paid plans. Two pieces:

• The add-on opens Claude in a sidebar next to your file. It sees what you've selected and edits in place. In Sheets, it writes formulas, pivot tables and native charts.
• The Docs, Sheets and Slides connectors do the opposite: you stay in Claude, and it creates and edits your Google files from the chat.

By default, the add-on is in "Ask before edits" mode: every change waits for your approval. "Accept all edits" lets it keep going.

Install: Google Workspace Marketplace, then in your file, Extensions > Claude > Open Claude. On Team and Enterprise, an owner has to turn on the connectors first.

Claude Tag in Slack

Launched June 23, 2026, in beta for Team and Enterprise. Once Claude is added to a Slack channel, any member can tag it with @Claude to hand it a task. It replies in a thread.

What's different from a personal chat:

• There's one Claude per channel, shared by everyone. Each person sees what it's doing and can pick up where someone else left off.
• It learns from the channel over time, so you don't have to explain everything again.
• In "ambient" mode (optional), it takes the initiative to flag things that concern you.
• Admins set which tools are available per channel and a token spending cap.

Since September 24, 2026, Claude can use your personal connectors for a request you make in a channel (rolling out on Team, Enterprise next). Careful: everything it posts is visible to the whole channel. You can review each reply before it's posted.

Claude Tag replaces the old Claude in Slack app.

Which entry point for which situation

How much it costs

None of these entry points has a separate price. Chrome, Office and Google Workspace require a paid plan. Mobile and voice mode also work on Free, with limits. Everything counts against the same usage limits as the rest of Claude: an hour of voice or a task started from Chrome draws on the same gauge as your chats and Claude Code.

Claude Tag is the exception: the admin sets a token spending cap for the organization and per channel. To read your usage and bring it down: chapter 11.

Sources

• Claude in Chrome is generally available (August 26, 2026)
• Think through hard problems in voice mode (July 23, 2026)
• Collaborate with Claude across Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook (May 7, 2026)
• Claude now works with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides (October 6, 2026)
• Introducing Claude Tag (June 23, 2026)