- ADD APPS TO CHROME APPS PAGE UPDATE
- ADD APPS TO CHROME APPS PAGE UPGRADE
- ADD APPS TO CHROME APPS PAGE OFFLINE
Unfortunately the Apps page is not quite as nice as the old pre-Chrome 33 New Tab page, but it's still an improvement :)īased on user feedback (thanks Ben!), I've added a new feature to this extension. Since Chrome 33, many people have expressed the desire to have their Apps page automatically open upon creating a new tab. The Chrome Apps page is blank within Chrome, therefore installing this extension will give you a blank new tab page. In ChromeOS, apps are accessed via the Launcher and not via the Chrome Apps page. This extension is NOT compatible with Chromebooks. I am continuing to watch the issue and also looking for a workaround.
This is currently under discussion in the Chrome bug tracker, e.g. This causes frustration because you can't just type a search when opening a new tab. NOTE: 2Ī change in Chrome 61 has caused the address bar's contents to become unhighlighted when opening a new tab. Now, more than three years later, we finally know when Chrome apps won’t work on those platforms - and when they won’t work on any platform at all.Replaces the Google Chrome™ New Tab Page with the Apps Page. Originally, Chrome apps were supposed to stop working on Windows, macOS, and Linux in early 2018, but in December 2017, when Google removed the Chrome apps section from the Chrome Web Store, it pushed that early 2018 deadline to an unspecified date in the future. Again, if you have Chrome Enterprise or Chrome Education Upgrade, Google says you can use Chrome apps for an additional year.
ADD APPS TO CHROME APPS PAGE UPGRADE
Customers who have Chrome Enterprise and Chrome Education Upgrade will have access to a policy to extend support through June 2022. June 2021: End support for Chrome Apps on Chrome OS. June 2021: End support for NaCl, PNaCl, and PPAPI APIs. Customers who have Chrome Enterprise and Chrome Education Upgrade will have access to a policy to extend support through December 2020.ĭecember 2020: End support for Chrome Apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux. June 2020: End support for Chrome Apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
ADD APPS TO CHROME APPS PAGE UPDATE
Developers will be able to update existing Chrome Apps through June 2022.
March 2020: Chrome Web Store will stop accepting new Chrome Apps. If you do use Chrome apps, they will stop working much sooner on Windows, macOS, or Linux than they will on Chrome OS. That was nearly four years ago, and web developers have moved on. When Google first announced all the way back in 2016 that it would end support for Chrome apps on Windows, macOS, and Linux, it said approximately one percent of users on those platforms were actively using packaged Chrome apps.
There’s a pretty decent chance you’re not using any real Chrome apps at all, even if you use web apps all the time. And Chrome extensions are also different from Chrome apps, and those will keep working just fine. Some Chrome apps you have installed may already redirect to websites, like many of Google’s apps.
ADD APPS TO CHROME APPS PAGE OFFLINE
In rarer cases, you might also be using Progressive Web Apps, which are basically websites that are cached to your device so they can have some offline functionality and be launched like an app. At this point, most apps on the web are just regular web apps, which is why you’ll be able to keep using Pocket without issue in much the same way by navigating to. You probably don’t need to worry about the death of Chrome apps messing up your browsing experience too much. You probably aren’t using Chrome apps anyway