Anthropic highlights Claude Code’s in-app browser on the desktop

Anthropic announced that Claude Code on desktop now includes an in-app browser, allowing the AI to interact with websites similarly to local dev servers. The feature is sandboxed and configurable, with sessions that can persist. This comes as OpenAI plans to sunset its ChatGPT Atlas browser in favor of a new ChatGPT desktop app with an in-app browser.

Speaking of AI-powered browser capabilities on the Mac, Anthropic is highlighting Claude Code’s in-app browser on the desktop today. “Claude Code on desktop now has an in-app browser,” per the ClaudeDevs account on X. “Claude can pull up docs, designs, or any other site. It can read, click through, and interact the same way it does with your local dev servers. It’s sandboxed and configurable: you choose whether sessions persist.” Agentic web browsing has been in the news this week as OpenAI announced plans to sunset its ChatGPT Atlas browser https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/09/openai-is-discontinuing-chatgpt-atlas-its-standalone-desktop-browser/ in favor of the new ChatGPT desktop app’s https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/09/openai-announcing-the-next-chapter-for-chatgpt-today-watch-here/ in-app browser. Anthropic and OpenAI both have Chrome extensions for integrating their AI tools with Google’s browser as well. Anthropic’s documentation explains https://code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop browse-external-sites the difference between Claude Code’s in-app browser and using the Claude extension in Chrome: The Browser pane uses a clean browser profile, separate from your personal browser, with none of your saved logins or history. Use it for building and testing your app and for sites that don’t need your identity. When you want Claude to act as you in your logged-in sessions, use the Claude in Chrome extension instead, which shares your browser’s login state. Plus, new AI-focused browsers have launched on the Mac https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/10/with-chatgpt-atlas-shutting-down-here-are-the-ai-browsers-people-actually-use/ recently. Do more with your Apple products Apple AirTag 2 | Add Find My tracking to keys, bags, bikes, more https://amzn.to/4vjNWN1 AirPods 4 | Apple’s newest wireless headphones https://amzn.to/43ndewV AirPods Pro 3 | Apple’s best wireless headphones https://amzn.to/4ut3FYp Beats USB-A to USB-C Cable | The official CarPlay cable https://amzn.to/4mpKs7K FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More. https://9to5mac.com/about/ affiliate our homepage http://9to5mac.com/ for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on exclusive stories https://9to5mac.com/feature/exclusive/ , reviews https://9to5mac.com/guides/review/ , how-tos https://9to5mac.com/guides/how-to/ , and subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/9to5mac