Anthropic releases
Anthropic news, Claude releases and SDK updates. New features, breaking changes, security advisories and deprecations - each summarised in plain English and updated continuously.
Tracking 125 Anthropic releases · Updated
- Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Cowork adds scheduled tasks, Claude Desktop adds customization
Cowork now supports creating and scheduling recurring and on-demand tasks, enhancing workflow automation. Concurrently, Claude Desktop introduces a new 'Customize' section to centralize skills, plugins, and connectors. These updates aim to improve user productivity and streamline access to integrated tools. Further details on scheduling tasks are available in the linked documentation.
feature - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Cowork Plugins Marketplace and Admin Controls Launched
Anthropic has launched a new plugin marketplace and admin controls for its Cowork platform on Team and Enterprise plans. This feature allows organizations to manage and utilize plugins, enhancing productivity and workflow customization. More details are available in the provided management and usage articles.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aipreview ·
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with enhanced capabilities
Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 4.6, their most capable Sonnet model to date, featuring significant upgrades in coding, reasoning, and knowledge work. A key highlight is the beta availability of a 1 million token context window. This release aims to improve performance for a wide range of tasks for users.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Anthropic Analytics API for Enterprise plans
Anthropic has launched an Enterprise Analytics API providing programmatic access to Claude and Claude Code Remote usage data aggregated per organization per day. This API allows organizations to gain insights into their usage patterns and is available for Enterprise plans. Each endpoint returns a snapshot for a single specified date.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Anthropic offers self-serve Enterprise plans
Anthropic has launched self-serve Enterprise plans, removing the need for a Sales conversation to purchase. This change allows any organization to directly buy an Enterprise plan on their website. The plans include access to Claude, Claude Code, and Cowork, with further details available in their blog post.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Claude for Excel Adds Opus 4.6, Native Operation Support
Claude for Excel has been updated to leverage the Opus 4.6 model and now supports native Excel operations like pivot table editing and conditional formatting. These enhancements allow users to interact with and modify spreadsheet features directly through Claude. This update is relevant for users who utilize Claude for Excel for spreadsheet analysis and manipulation.
feature - Claude Release Notes ai ·
Claude available as a PowerPoint add-in
Anthropic has released Claude as an add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint. This integration allows users to leverage Claude's capabilities directly within their presentation software. The add-in is now available for use.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes ai ·
Claude Opus 4.6 Launched with Enhanced Coding Capabilities
Anthropic has launched an upgraded version of its Claude Opus model, focusing on improved coding proficiency. This update aims to provide users with more advanced capabilities for software development tasks. The model is now available, and further details can be found in their blog post.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes ·
Claude Code access now included with Anthropic Team Standard seats
Anthropic is adding Claude Code access to its Team plan standard seats. This change aims to provide code generation capabilities to teams using the standard plan. This update is now available for all customers on the Team plan's standard tier.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aihealthcare ·
Anthropic Claude Now HIPAA-Ready for Enterprise Plans
Anthropic has released a HIPAA-ready version of its Claude AI model for organizations on Enterprise plans. This enables businesses to process protected health information (PHI) securely through Claude. More details are available for those interested in HIPAA-ready Enterprise plans.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aiengineerhealthcare ·
Claude Mobile Adds Health and Fitness Data Analysis
Claude can now read and analyze health and fitness data directly on iOS and Android mobile devices, offering insights and visualizations through native charts. This feature is available for Pro and Max plan users, currently limited to the US. Android users require Health Connect and Android 14 or later.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aipreviewengineer ·
Claude Desktop Cowork research preview on macOS
Anthropic is releasing Cowork, a new research preview feature for Claude Desktop on macOS. This feature allows Claude to access local files and integrate with MCP, running in an isolated local VM to enhance knowledge work beyond coding. It is currently available for users with Max plans as a preview.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aipreviewengineer ·
Claude in Chrome Beta for Paid Plans
Claude in Chrome is now in beta for paid plan subscribers, offering new capabilities for developers and teams. This integration allows code building and testing directly within the browser, enhanced debugging with console log access, and workflow automation. It also introduces new administrative controls for managing the extension across organizations.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Anthropic Skills for Organizations and Partners
Anthropic has enhanced its Skills feature by introducing organization-wide management for Team and Enterprise plans, making it easier to deploy and discover repeatable workflows. A new directory of partner-built skills and an open standard for Agent Skills are also available. These improvements aim to benefit organizations using Claude, their partners, and the broader AI ecosystem by enabling cross-platform skill interoperability.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aipreviewengineer ·
Claude for Excel Beta Adds Pivot Tables, Charts, File Uploads
Claude for Excel is now available in beta for Max, Team, and Enterprise users, introducing new capabilities like pivot table and chart support, along with file uploads. A new shortcut allows users to quickly open the full Claude application from within Excel. These enhancements aim to improve user experience, performance, and context management, with detailed usage guidance available.
feature patch - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.5, their most powerful frontier model to date. Further details can be found in their official blog post announcing the release. The new model is now available.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Anthropic improves context window for longer conversations
Anthropic has updated its context window functionality to support virtually infinite-length conversations, significantly reducing length limit errors. This is achieved by summarizing earlier messages as a chat nears its context limit. This enhancement is now available for users, enabling more sustained interactions without interruption.
feature - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Claude Adds Memory Feature for Max and Pro Plans
Claude's memory capabilities are now available to users on the Max plan. This feature will be gradually rolled out to Pro plan users over the next two weeks. The introduction of memory allows Claude to retain context from previous interactions, enhancing conversational flow and task completion for users on these specific plans.
feature - Claude Release Notes ai ·
Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic has launched Claude Haiku 4.5, their new fastest and most cost-efficient small model. This release aims to provide developers with a powerful and affordable AI option for various tasks. The model is available now, offering performance comparable to Sonnet 4 on coding and agent-based workloads.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 4.5 Model
Anthropic has released its new model, Sonnet 4.5, positioning it as the leading option for real-world agent applications, coding tasks, and general computer use. The company has published a blog post with further details on this significant update. This release is now available to users.
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