In the near future, using Google’s Chrome web browser on a PC will become a lot more like using a Chromebook. That’s because the app launcher, which has been a core part of the Chromebook experience, ...

Like opening Chrome apps using Google’s dedicated launcher? Tough: As of July, it will be entirely scrapped on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Why? Google says its “found that users on Windows, Mac, and ...

Earlier this year, Google announced that it would end support for Chrome Apps on Windows, Mac and Linux by June 2020, or for enterprises and educators by December 2020. However, it has now announced ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Google is no longer working on its Ferrochrome launcher, an app that would’ve made running Chrome OS in a virtual machine on select Android devices super easy. Google started the Ferrochrome project ...

Also in today's open source roundup: Google will kill its Chrome app launcher for Windows, OS X, and Linux. And Android gets a patch for a critical Linux kernel bug KDE is one of the most popular ...

In this case, however, the app is just a “glorified shortcut” – at least until Google starts adding new functionality to it. Right now, the app includes all the service’s main features (including ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...