Anthropic adds multi-session tools and saveable environments to Claude desktop apps
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Ado@adocompleteOfficialClaude Code desktop app adds faster sessions and side-by-side multitaskingAIAnthropic's Claude Code desktop app is positioned for building and shipping software. Its update makes it quicker to start sessions, easier to split work across several at once, and shows what each session is doing.
Thariq@trq212XClaude Code Desktop adds subsessions and smoother multi-session workflowsAIAnthropic's Thariq says Claude Code Desktop now understands its own capabilities well enough to spin off subsessions when working with the user. Anthropic's ClaudeDevs post says the app now starts sessions faster, makes it easier to split work across several sessions, and shows what each session is doing.
Lydia Hallie ✨@lydiahallieOfficialClaude desktop app adds faster session starts and side-by-side multi-session workAIAnthropic's Lydia Hallie says the Claude desktop app has received several updates. Per the quoted @ClaudeDevs post, the Claude Code desktop app now starts sessions faster, makes it easier to split work across several sessions, and shows what each session is doing.
🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog@testingcatalogXClaude Code Desktop adds a sessions hub and live session statusesAIAnthropic has added a sessions hub to Claude Code Desktop, letting users start, track, manage, and follow up on multiple sessions from the main screen. Live session statuses now appear on the navigation bar. The post says the feature was tested for some time through several iterations and notes that OpenAI had planned a similar experience, called "magic notepad," but abandoned it.
ClaudeDevs@ClaudeDevsOfficialClaude desktop app update enables a new session featureAIAnthropic's ClaudeDevs account says users can try the new feature by updating the Claude desktop app and starting a new session. The post links to the desktop quickstart documentation at code.claude.com.
- ClaudeDevs@ClaudeDevsOfficialClaude Code sidebar shows active sessions, live to-dos, and turn recaps
AIAnthropic's ClaudeDevs says a Claude Code sidebar shows which sessions are working and which need user input. Inside a session, a live to-do list tracks Claude's plan, a recap card summarizes each turn when Claude needs the user, and a side rail shows where Claude runs, its context, and its changes.
- ClaudeDevs@ClaudeDevsOfficialClaude adds a new session screen and saveable environments
AIAnthropic says its new session screen keeps recent folders one click away for picking up earlier work. Users can save a setup, such as several folders, an SSH host or the cloud, as an environment and start sessions there, optionally with a worktree per folder.
- ClaudeDevs@ClaudeDevsOfficialClaude Code desktop app adds faster sessions and side-by-side session views
AIAnthropic says the Claude Code desktop app now starts sessions faster, makes it easier to split work across several sessions, and shows what each session is doing. The post's feature list is not included in the source text, so specific features are not described.