Claude desktop combines Chat and Cowork in one Home tab
Claude’s now appears to place regular chat and Cowork inside the same Home area instead of keeping them in separate tabs. The new chat button is harder to find than before. Cowork seems to be turned on from inside the rather than opened from its own tab.
This makes chats and task-based work appear in the same section, which can make the app harder to understand at a glance. The older layout, with separate tabs for each mode, was clearer for switching between tasks.
Key points
- appears to merge Chat and Cowork into one Home area.
- Cowork seems to be enabled from the instead of a separate tab.
- The new chat button may be harder to locate in the changed layout.
- The combined layout can make chats and tasks feel mixed together.