Anthropic Launches Remote Control for Claude Code Sessions
Narrative
Anthropic introduced Remote Control for Claude Code, letting developers continue a local terminal session from claude.ai/code or the Claude mobile app. The session keeps running on the user’s machine while messages and state stay synced across devices, enabling remote steering without moving the project into cloud execution.
Reality
Launched February 25, 2026. Remote Control is available as a research preview on Pro and Max plans (not Team or Enterprise). Claude continues executing locally and does not open inbound ports. It registers with the Anthropic API and routes messages over TLS, with automatic reconnection after sleep or network drops.
Implication
This collapses the boundary between “local agent” and “remote supervision”. Claude Code becomes a portable, continuously running work surface that you can steer from anywhere. The product shift is subtle: mobility is not a convenience feature, it is a persistence layer for agentic work. The governance question gets sharper too. Remote access turns local capability into a remotely steerable system, which raises the bar for auth, session control, and operational safety defaults.