Anthropic expanded Claude’s app integration capabilities in April 2026, adding connectors for a range of personal apps including Spotify, Uber, Audible, AllTrails, TripAdvisor, Instacart, and TurboTax. The new connectors are available immediately across all Claude subscription plans.
The expansion builds on Claude’s existing support for work-related app connections, such as Microsoft apps, but shifts focus to consumer and lifestyle services. Once a personal app is connected, Claude will suggest it during relevant conversations — for example, recommending AllTrails when a user asks about hiking.
Anthropic addressed privacy and transparency concerns directly in its announcement. The company stated that data from connected apps is not used to train its models, that connected apps cannot view a user’s other Claude conversations, and that users can disconnect any app at any time. Anthropic also noted there are no paid placements or sponsored answers within Claude conversations. When multiple apps are relevant to a query, Claude will display results from each, ranked by usefulness.
For actions such as making a purchase or reservation through a connected app, Claude will ask users to confirm before proceeding. Some of the newly supported apps, including Spotify, already offer similar connectors through OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Users can browse and add apps by selecting “connectors” under the “customize” tab in the Claude sidebar.
Source: The Verge