Claude AI chatbot became even more effective in 2025, Anthropic’s latest AI models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet are beating ChatGPT or even DeepSeek in many aspects, but people still wonder whether Claude can access the internet. It is not as straightforward as it may seem, even with the latest Claude AI update.

My name is Artem, I am often testing and reviewing dozens of AI models and I can tell a lot on what models to use, when and on the best practices of using AI for any tasks that you have. Claude chatbot and Anthropic’s AI models cannot directly access the internet. But there is a tool that helps to do exactly that, and it is Writingmate. Let me explain how it makes it possible and why is it a good way not just to use AI, but to search the web with Claude.

Make Claude Access Internet with Less Limits

In 2025, this Anthropic chatbot finally got some internet access and real-time data. Claude AI is very popular and trendy AI model built by Anthropic. It was earlier known as safety and research company. But Claude was designed to be a helpful and safe conversational partner. It has a focus on reducing risks and undesirable behavior often associated with large language models.

Claude 3.7 and Claude 4 are designed primarily for conversation and generating text based on a mixture of licensed data, data created by human trainers, and publicly available data. But if you want less limits and caps, and more possibilities when browsing and searching the web with Claude (or any other 100+ models), you can enable this feature in one click through Writingmate AI (earlier known as Writingmate). Here’s how to do it:

1. Visit Writingamte: Go to https://new.writingmate.ai and log in.

2. Upgrade to a Pro Subscription: You'll need a Pro subscription to access the web browsing features with Claude Opus, it starts at just 9 dollars per month, over twice cheaper than Claude's generic chatbot that includes Anthropic models only, while Writingmate has over a hundred of top models, incluing Claude 4, Gemini, Llama 4, GPT4o, OpenAI o3 mini, Deepseek R1 and others, for better code, texts and visuals generated with AI.

3. Click Web Browsing: then, once you log in, click globe near your querie. It is a "Web Browsing" icon and you can activate this feature for Claude Opus, Claude 4 Sonnet, Claude 3.7 Sonnet and any other of 100+ models included with Writingmate (no API needed).

4. Write Your Query: With web browsing activated, you can now ask Claude Opus any question. Writinmate.ai will help any Claude model in gathering the most up-to-date and relevant information from the internet to provide you with an answer.

Real-World Example: Search the Web with Claude in 2025

Sonnet is an easy one, but to show 'web access' true capabilities, I would like to ask a more modest model, Claude Opus. Any Anthropic Claude model becomes even more powerful with internet access. Let's ask Writingmate, "What is Claude Opus?" As you can see in the screenshot below, Claude Opus can search the web and give a clear answer, showing its advanced abilities.

Claude 3.5 feature comparison table with competitors

But why not to simply use ChatGPT? Can ChatGPT access internet? Yes, it can. But Claude 4 Sonnet works better for some tasks, including reasoning, general knowledge, coding, multilingual math and more. That is precisely why you may want to choose it over other models. In my experience, when using Claude even against some of the very recent models like DeepSeek R1, Claude 4 proves to be more efficient and give better answers to my queries and prompts.

I would also like to mention that Claude API also does not make searching the web easy by default, it is probably only possible if you can build your UI and connect all the web searching possibilities.

For most daily users, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Claude 3 Opus will be sufficient when it comes to most of daily and work tasks. Claude 4 is also nice, and is avaliable on Writingmate.ai. And using it with web search will provide much more use to it.

Benefits of Using Claude AI with Internet Access

When you combine those Claude's advanced language skills with the huge amount of information that is always avaliable on the internet, you can:

• Get the most current information on any topic

• Receive clear answers to difficult questions

• Improve your research and learning experience

• Analyze web data, researches and web pages better

• Boost your productivity and decision-making process

FAQ

Now I would like to answer some questions:

• Can Claude AI access the internet? By default, Claude 3.5 Sonnet does not have the ability to browse the internet. However, with Writingmate AI, users can enable internet access for Claude 3 AI to perform web-related tasks.

• Does Claude 3 AI use online resources to generate responses? Typically, Claude AI models generate responses based solely on its training data. Through Writingmate AI, it can utilize online resources to enhance its responses.

• Is Claude 3 AI capable of obtaining real-time information from the web? Normally, Claude 3 AI cannot fetch real-time information from the internet. But with Writingmate AI, it can access and provide real-time data from the web.

• Is the knowledge of Claude 3 AI restricted to its initial training data? By design, Claude 3 AI's knowledge is confined to its training data. Yet, with Writingmate AI, it can extend its knowledge by accessing external information sources.

• Can Claude AI learn from new online information? Ordinarily, Claude 3 AI cannot update itself with new online information. Through Writingmate AI, it can access fresh data from the internet, improving its responses accordingly.

• Can Claude AI be utilized for internet-dependent tasks? On its own, Claude 3 AI isn't suited for tasks requiring internet access. With the integration of Writingmate AI, it becomes fully capable of handling internet-based tasks.

• Can Claude AI generate images? Originally Claude doesn't have in-built text-to-image engine, but Writingmate allows to use Dalle-3, Stable Diffusion 3 or even Flux.ai image generation models together with Claude or other models.

Best ways to use Claude with web search on Writingmate

Here are some typical use cases and ways you can use Claude's new web capabilities inside Writingmate, either for free or 9 dollars per month.

• Sales teams can evolve their account planning and drive higher win rates through informed conversations with prospects by analyzing industry trends. This way they learn key initiatives and pain points.

• Researchers can build stronger grant proposals and literature reviews by searching across primary sources on the web. Doing so, researches can spot new & emerging trends and identifying gaps in the current literature.

• Shoppers can compare product features, prices, and reviews across multiple sources to make more informed purchase decisions.

• Financial analysts can use actual and current market data, earnings reports, and industry trends to make better investment decisions. This way, they can also inform financial model assumptions.

  
  

Conclusion

To sum up, while Claude.ai cannot directly access the internet, Writingmate provides a solution. By enabling web browsing for Claude Opus, you can unlock the full potential of this advanced AI assistant. Experience the best of both worlds – Claude.ai's cutting-edge language abilities and the vast amount of information available online.

Want to try Claude Opus with internet access? Visit https://new.writingmate.ai and explore the possibilities today!