Claude adds collaborative whiteboards and spreadsheets in beta

Anthropic has expanded Claude beyond chat with two collaborative tools. Claude Whiteboards and Claude Sheets launched in beta on Tuesday, 10 November, while Claude Dashboards was renamed Claude Data and moved to general availability. The company says all three are available on paid plans across web, desktop and mobile. That is a current product launch, not a promised future model release.

Whiteboards lets a team work with Claude on a shared visual board. Users can add ideas, ask the assistant to group them or draft action items, and turn a board into a document or deck. Sheets lets Claude build and edit spreadsheets with tabs, formulas, formatting and drop-downs. Edits are outlined so collaborators can see what changed. Anthropic itself cautions that Sheets has simple spreadsheet functionality for now; users who need more can export to XLSX or CSV or continue work in other tools.

Claude Data, previously Dashboards, connects to a company’s warehouse or customer system and can produce dashboards and written data stories from that information. It needs a data connector; the feature does not conjure private business figures without access. Some functions, including certified queries and live sharing, remain in beta even though Data as a product is generally available.

The distinction matters for anyone considering a paid plan. Anthropic says the features work on paid subscriptions, but Team and Enterprise organizations have separate administrator settings. On Team plans the tools are on by default. On Enterprise plans Whiteboards and Sheets are off by default, and Data is scheduled to turn on by default on 19 November unless an administrator changes that setting. Claude Meetings, a separate meeting assistant announced alongside these products, has its own narrower beta rollout; it should not be confused with the availability of Sheets and Whiteboards.

The practical change is a more direct path from a conversation to a shared working artifact. Whether it replaces a team’s established spreadsheet or planning software will depend on real-world use. Claims about time saved are the company’s product pitch, not an independently proven result.