Google’s Ditching Chrome App Support For Windows

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Come June 2022, and there’ll be no more support for Chrome Apps across all platforms, from Windows and Mac to Linux and Chrome OS,Googlehas announced. But the end of support for Chrome applications onWindows 10 comes a little sooner—June 2020.

Windows 10 users on Chrome Enterprise and Chrome Education Upgrade may opt to extend support through the end of 2022.Googleisn’t withdrawing support forChrome extensions.

The shift from Chrome apps to PWAs

A big question in the minds of Chrome apps users is whyGooglewould want to ditch the platform when native apps are still very popular. The growing popularity of progressive web applications (PWAs) is a plausible explanation.

WhenGooglelaunched Chrome Apps, it made it clear that its main objective was to provide a user experience not possible with native apps. In the past, the company has encouraged Chrome App developers to start focusing on PWAs.

While Chrome apps can work on multipleoperating systems, they’re still platform-dependent. As such, they have a limited reach. PWAs don’t have such shortcomings as they’re deployed directly on the Web, which is OS-independent, and accessed viabrowsers.

Googlebelieves thatmodern browsers have come of age, and PWAs can bring the best of native apps and websites.

The progress of modernbrowsersputs the Web in a good position to answer the vast majority of use cases…We are confident that the Web can deliver first class experiences on an open platform.

What next for Windows 10 users?

Googlecontinues to collaborate with other stakeholders to develop platforms that leverage open Web standards to deliver better experiences, according toGoogle. So, asbrowser technologies advance, Windows 10 app developers are increasingly availing the tools necessary to create solutions that target wider audiences than possible with just native apps or web pages.

On the other hand, PWAs can deliver to Windows 10 end-users the ease of access of the Web and the immersive experiences that native apps provide.

Google’s Ditching Chrome App Support For Windows#

The shift from Chrome apps to PWAs#

What next for Windows 10 users?#

Google’s Ditching Chrome App Support For Windows

The shift from Chrome apps to PWAs

What next for Windows 10 users?