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Chrome OS’s homegrown app platform is going away, but there are lots of other options.
Ron Amadeo – Jan
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**************************************The “App.” “section of the Chrome Web Store. Chrome’s Packaged Apps have been a dead platform for a while now, after a2017 announcementthat the “App” section of Chrome’s Web store would be pulled from Windows, Mac, and Linux, leaving Chrome OS as the only supported OS.Today, Google announced that the last supported platform, Chrome OS, is losing access to Chrome apps, too, along with dates to strip the app feature out of Chrome’s code base. Google writes it “will begin phasing out support for Chrome Apps across all operating systems as follows:”****************March 2022: Chrome Web Store will stop accepting
(PWA) “- Web APIs that support app-style features like push notifications and offline functionality. There’s still going to be support for Android apps, which bring the nearly 3 million apps in the Play Store to Chrome OS. Google also points out that “This change does not impact support for Chrome Extensions” and that “Fostering a robust ecosystem of extensions is critical to Chrome’s mission, and we are committed to providing a useful extension platform for customizing the browsing experience for all users.When Chrome Packaged Apps were conceived, they were Chrome OS’s first step away from simple website icons to something that worked offline and offered deeper access to the hardware. With the addition of all of the other app platforms mentioned above, Chrome Packaged Apps became less and less relevant. The platform never took off on Windows, Mac, and Linux, with Google citing only 1 percent usage on those platforms. For Chrome OS users, there are plenty of other platforms with brighter futures.new Chrome Apps. Developers will be able to update existing Chrome Apps through June
************************** (June) *************************************************** (**********************************: End support for Chrome Apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Customers who have Chrome Enterprise and Chrome Education Upgrade will have access to a policy to extend support through December****************
************************** (December) *************************************************** (**********************************: End support for Chrome Apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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End support for NaCl, PNaCl, and PPAPI APIs.************************** (June) *************************************************
: End support for Chrome Apps on Chrome OS. Customers who have Chrome Enterprise and Chrome Education Upgrade will have access to a policy to extend support through June ************************** (June) *************************************************: End support for Chrome Apps on Chrome OS for all customers.
Most Windows, Mac, and Linux users haven’t been able to use Chrome packaged apps for years now, as the Web store was shut down for themin 2017Users on those OSes shouldn’t notice a thing, unless they were sideloading packaged apps or getting them though an enterprise management feature. Chrome OS is the real news here, and it will continue to cling to the feature until June.
Chrome OS supports a number of platforms that get presented in the “app” style, so keep in mind only the “Chrome Packaged Apps” are going away. Chrome OS will still keep its app-like shortcuts to websites, along with support for “ Progressive Web Apps
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