Claude for Chrome Release Notes

Powered by Haiku 4.5: Claude for Chrome now defaults to Haiku 4.5 so it’s a faster, more responsive experience. You can always switch back to Sonnet 4.5.

Claude handles image uploads for you: Give Claude an image and tell it where to upload, whether it’s an expense report, form attachment, or a picture upload.

Show Claude exactly what you mean: Take a screenshot or drag to highlight specific parts of your screen. Point Claude to the exact button, field, or detail—much faster than describing complex layouts in words.

The remaining Max users on our waitlist were granted access to Claude for Chrome, along with the following updates:

Powered by Sonnet 4.5: Claude for Chrome now defaults to Sonnet 4.5, our smartest model yet. Improved for browser tasks, you'll notice better reasoning, fewer errors, and more reliable task completion—especially for multi-step workflows.

Work across multiple tabs: Claude can now juggle multiple browser tabs at once. Just drag tabs into Claude's tab group and it can see and work across all of them simultaneously—no more jumping back and forth to gather information before taking action.

Smarter on the sites you use every day: Claude now understands how to navigate Slack, Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Docs, and GitHub without you having to direct every click. Ask Claude to "schedule a meeting" or "update the doc" and it knows what to do—no need to walk it through every step. We’re continuing to improve Claude’s understanding of other popular sites.

Get notified when Claude needs you: Turn on notifications and Claude will ping you when it needs your permission or when a task is complete. Now you can switch to other work while Claude handles things in the background.

Show Claude exactly what you mean: Upload images or take screenshots of specific screen areas to give Claude precise visual context. Much faster than describing what you're looking at.

Claude for Chrome expanded to 10,000 Max plan users with the release of new capabilities:

Long-running workflows: Claude for Chrome can handle more complex, multi-step workflows, and continue working even when you switch tabs (as long as Chrome is open).

/slash commands: Save your best-working prompts as shortcuts (/slash commands) and reuse these proven workflows instantly without retyping instructions to Claude.

Contextual prompt suggestions: Claude in Chrome gives contextual prompt suggestions or helpful tips based on what website you’re on.

Claude for Chrome: We launched Claude for Chrome to an initial cohort of 1,000 Max plan users. This experimental browser extension allows Claude to read, click, and navigate websites alongside you. See Getting Started with Claude for Chrome.