The ultimate guide to all the new Claude features (the new OpenClaw?).

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Here's what actually works, what doesn't yet, and what you need to know.

The Three Claudes: A Quick Mental Model

Claude AI is the chat interface you already know. You ask, it answers.

Claude Cowork is an agentic mode inside the Claude Desktop app. You point it at a folder on your computer and give it a goal. It plans, executes, and delivers finished files. No terminal required. Available on all paid plans as a research preview.

Claude Code is a command-line tool for developers. It reads your codebase, writes code, runs tests, and fixes bugs. Even non-coders use it to spin up scripts and apps in plain English.

The new features below extend Cowork and Code with remote access and automation.

Why Now: The OpenClaw Factor

These features are widely seen as Anthropic's answer to OpenClaw, which went viral but has well-documented security problems and is too technical for the average person to use.

A big part of the reason people love OpenClaw because they can message it from their phone. Anthropic is now offering similar remote capabilities inside their secure, flat-rate subscription ($20/month Pro or $100-200/month Max).

The New Features

Computer Use (for Cowork and Code)

As of 23 March 2026 (yesterday), Claude can now control your actual computer screen. It's worth noting OpenAI already released a similar feature called Computer Use back in January 2025(!) but after initial hype it turned out nobody used it because it was too slow and unreliable.

• When Claude doesn't have a direct integration for a task, it can point, click, scroll, and type on your screen to get the job done
• It can open apps, navigate your browser, fill in spreadsheets, and run dev tools
• No setup required. Claude figures out how to use the apps on your screen
• It works with Dispatch, meaning Claude can use your computer while you're away from your desk

How Claude decides what to use:

• First choice: a direct connector (e.g. Slack, Google Calendar)
• Second choice: your browser
• Last resort: your screen

Direct integrations are faster and more precise. Screen control is the fallback when nothing else is available.

Safety:

• Claude asks permission before accessing each new application
• Anthropic's system scans for prompt injection attempts during screen interactions
• You can stop Claude at any point
• Some apps are off-limits by default

Limitations:

• macOS only for now
• Still early. Complex tasks sometimes need a second try
• Working through your screen is slower than using a direct integration
• Anthropic recommends starting with apps you trust and avoiding sensitive data
• Research preview for Pro and Max subscribers

Dispatch (remote control for Cowork)

Control your desktop Cowork agent from your phone.

• Leave your computer on at home, open the Claude mobile app, send a task
• Claude works on your desktop and sends results back to your phone
• Setup takes two minutes: scan a QR code to pair your devices
• Explicit permission prompts before destructive actions like file deletion
• Now works with computer use, so Claude can operate apps on your screen while you're away

Limitations:

• Your Mac must stay awake with the Claude app open. Laptop sleeps = Dispatch stops
• Still a research preview (launched 17 March 2026)
• Write operations succeed about 50% of the time. Finding and summarising info works well; complex multi-app tasks are unreliable
• Available on Pro and Max plans

Remote Control (remote control for Claude Code)

Same concept as Dispatch, but for developers using the terminal.

• Run claude remote-control in your terminal
• Connect from your phone via claude.ai/code or the Claude mobile app
• Conversation stays in sync across all devices
• Your full local environment (files, tools, project config) stays available

Limitations:

• Terminal must stay open and machine must stay online
• Network drops of ~10 minutes will time out the session
• Available on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans

Channels (Telegram and Discord for Claude Code)

Turn your Claude Code agent into a Telegram or Discord bot.

• Install a channel plugin, create a bot, connect it to your Claude Code session
• Message your bot from your phone, Claude processes the request locally, replies in the same chat
• Security uses a sender allowlist: only IDs you've explicitly paired can send messages, everyone else is dropped

Limitations:

• Launched 20 March 2026 as a research preview
• Requires Claude Code v2.1.80+ and the Bun runtime
• Your Claude Code session must be running to receive messages. Close the terminal and incoming messages are lost
• Currently supports Telegram and Discord only (plugin architecture allows community expansion)

Scheduled Tasks and Loops

Tell Claude to do things on a recurring schedule.

• In Cowork and Claude Code: Type /schedule to create tasks like "Summarise my Slack messages every morning" or "Compile a Friday metrics report"
• In Claude Code only: Use /loop for recurring prompts like monitoring a deployment every 5 minutes or re-running a code review at intervals

Limitations:

• Cowork scheduled tasks currently only run while your computer is awake and the app is open. Missed runs get one catch-up when you're back online. Claude Code scheduled tasks run in the cloud so work regardless of the state of your computer.
• Claude Code /loop is session-scoped. Close the terminal and all tasks are gone
• /loop tasks auto-expire after 3 days as a safety measure

Our View

If you're non-technical and want remote AI automation, Cowork + Dispatch + Computer Use + Scheduled Tasks is your starting point.

It's the closest thing to the OpenClaw experience without the security risks or per-token costs, and honestly, our experience with OpenClaw has been mixed. It's technical, messy, frequently stops working, and can be expensive. Lots of time spent debugging in the terminal.

Just remember these are all research previews. Your computer needs to stay awake. Complex tasks don't always work first time. And "scheduled" means "runs if your machine is on," not "runs no matter what."

The direction is clear, though. Claude is becoming something you delegate to, not just something you chat with.

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