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Google reveals its timeline for killing off Chrome apps – Engadget, Engadget

Google reveals its timeline for killing off Chrome apps – Engadget, Engadget


        

          

                                       

There are a few key dates you might want to bear in mind. From March, the Chrome Web Store won’t accept new apps, but developers can keep updating existing ones until June (****************************************, when they’ll stop working for everyone. On Windows, Mac and Linux,Googlewill stop supporting the apps in June, and it’ll do the same on Chrome OS in June (******************************************.

Folks with Chrome Enterprise and Chrome Education Upgrade will be able to use the apps a bit longer. On Windows, Mac and Linux, they’ll work until the end of the year, and Chrome OS users can squeeze an extra year of use out of them.

Given the current state of browsers , Chrome platform team technical director Anthony Laforgesuggestedthe web is “in a good position to answer the vast majority of use cases.” As such, you should be able to carry out most tasks you might have handled in Chrome apps on the web.

Google has launcheda hubto help developers transition from Chrome apps and perhaps turn their attention to web apps or optimizingAndroid apps for Chrome OS.They might also work on Chrome extensions , which Google will “continue to support and invest in” across current platforms.

                      

        

      

        

          

                  

                

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