Anthropic is building something big. Internally codenamed Conway, it's an always-on, containerized Claude agent that's shaping up to be far more than just another chatbot. Recent builds across web and mobile reveal a full settings interface, suggesting this is becoming a first-class product surface—not some desktop-only experiment.
From your phone, you'll eventually be able to install extensions, manage connectors and webhooks, pick which model powers the agent, control its lifecycle, and fine-tune tool calls. That's full parity with the web configuration, a serious commitment for something still in development.
Conway opens in a separate tab where you can chat with the agent, add connectors, configure extensions, and set precise permissions over what it's allowed to do. The codename might change before launch, but the scope of the build suggests it's now one of the most actively developed projects inside the company.
Recent iOS builds have picked up the full settings interface too, meaning mobile users should eventually reach parity with web. That's a notable commitment for something still pre-release, because it implies Anthropic wants Conway to feel like a first-class product surface rather than a desktop-only experiment.
The more intriguing detail appears in the web sidebar, where two new sections, labeled "Installed" and "Built-in," have quietly appeared. On their own, they look unremarkable. But paired with the known direction that upgraded extensions will be able to ship custom UI tabs, the setup starts to look like a launcher for full mini-applications running alongside the main Claude conversation.
Each installed extension could carry its own interface that users control independently, backed by a standard format Anthropic can promote across its ecosystem—conceptually close to how Skills already function.
The addition of extensions would turn the always-on agent into a modular runtime where reusable mini-apps plug into a persistent Claude environment, covering everything from dashboards to operational mission-control panels. Power users have already been building this pattern on top of OpenClaw, wiring up custom UIs to orchestrate agent workflows. A native, packaged version from Anthropic would formalize the idea and hand every user a path to the same capability without stitching anything together themselves.
This push for a more robust, extensible Claude environment mirrors Anthropic's broader platform ambitions, like the recent major desktop overhaul for Claude Code, codenamed Epitaxy, which is maturing into a serious interface for power users. It also arrives as competitors like OpenAI are aggressively expanding Codex into a desktop superapp that can click, type, and browse, blurring the lines between coding assistant and general workspace.
Timing remains unclear, with no public release window, but the pace of changes landing across web and mobile points to one of Anthropic's most ambitious platform moves to date.