Claude Desktop Goes Mobile With Dispatch and Turns Your Computer Into an Always-On AI Operations Center

Published on 20.03.2026

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Claude Gave Your Phone a Job: Dispatch, Cowork, and the Local-First AI Desktop

TLDR: Anthropic has shipped Dispatch, a feature that lets you control Claude Desktop from your phone, turning mobile into a remote orchestrator for local file operations, scheduled tasks, and multi-app workflows. Combined with Cowork sessions, Plugins, and a customizable local dashboard, Claude Desktop is positioning itself as a persistent, always-on AI employee that works directly on your machine.

Claude Gave Your Phone a Job

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