Summary
Cursor released a native iOS app in public beta on June 29, 2026, letting developers launch always-on coding agents in isolated cloud VMs or remote-control agents running on their own computer directly from an iPhone, with frontier model selection, voice input, and slash commands.
What changed
Cursor shipped a native iOS app (public beta on all paid plans) that can start always-on cloud agents in isolated virtual machines and use Remote Control to direct agents running on a user's desktop; sessions can move from local to cloud so work continues with the laptop closed.
Why it matters
Moving agent supervision to mobile pushes AI coding toward an asynchronous, always-on model where developers dispatch and review autonomous work away from the desk, raising the bar for how coding-tool vendors package background and cloud agents.
Evidence excerpt
With Cursor for iOS, you can launch always-on agents in the cloud, or control agents running on your computer from your phone.