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 218 Anthropic releases · Updated
- 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.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Claude Pro gets file editing; mobile apps add file features
Anthropic's Claude Pro now supports file creation and editing, offering a significant boost for professional users. This functionality, along with broader file access, is now available on Claude's iOS and Android mobile applications for all paid subscribers. This expansion aims to enhance productivity and usability for a wider range of users across desktop and mobile platforms.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Claude Enterprise adds chat memory features
Anthropic's Claude Enterprise now offers chat memory, allowing the AI to recall context from previous conversations and generate summaries for Enterprise users. Incognito mode provides an option to exclude specific chats from memory storage. This enhancement is available to Enterprise plan customers and is detailed in several new support articles.
feature - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Claude adds memory, incognito chats, and search to all plans
Anthropic's Claude now features chat memory and summary generation, allowing users to build on previous conversations. Incognito chat mode provides privacy by excluding conversations from memory. These features are available across free, Pro, Max, and Team plans, enhancing usability and context retention for all users.
feature - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Claude can now create and edit files directly in app
Claude now supports creating and editing various file types, including Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, documents, and PDFs, directly within its application. This new capability aims to significantly reduce the time spent on manual file creation and editing tasks for users. The feature is available now within the Claude app, with further details provided in linked documentation.
feature announcement - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Claude for iOS/Android gains location, maps, and calendar integration
Claude on iOS and Android now integrates with native apps to help draft calendar events, find locations, and manage reminders on iOS. This feature enhances Claude's utility by connecting it to device-level capabilities for productivity tasks. Users with iOS and Android devices can now leverage these integrations, with reminder management being exclusive to iOS. The company directs users to updated documentation for detailed information on these new integrations.
feature - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Claude API adds Python code execution tool
Anthropic's Claude API now supports a new tool for executing Python code within a secure sandbox. This feature allows Claude to perform computations and data analysis, enhancing its capabilities for developers and users. The tool is available now, with further details provided in the documentation.
feature - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Anthropic: Admin Controls for Desktop Extensions
Anthropic has introduced new admin controls for desktop extensions for Team and Enterprise plans. This feature allows administrators to enable or disable public extensions and upload custom ones, enhancing control over the workspace environment. The feature is available now.
feature - Claude Release Notes aiengineer ·
Claude artifacts can now be embedded
Anthropic has introduced embeddable code for published Claude artifacts. This feature allows users on free, Pro, and Max plans to easily share their generated content elsewhere. The capability enhances collaboration and dissemination of AI-generated outputs.
feature - Claude Release Notes ai ·
Anthropic Adds Extra Usage Purchases for Team/Enterprise Plans
Anthropic introduced a new setting for Team and Enterprise plan users that allows them to buy additional usage. This enables continued interaction with Claude models beyond their standard usage limits. The feature is available for both Claude Chat and Claude Code, providing flexibility for heavy users on paid plans.
feature - Claude Release Notes aipreview ·
Claude Sonnet 4: 1M token context window in beta
Anthropic is rolling out a 1 million token context window for Claude Sonnet 4, a significant expansion of its input processing capacity. This feature is currently in beta and accessible to API organizations in usage tier 4 or those with custom rate limits. Further details are available in the documentation.
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