Google is all set to phase out support to Chrome apps on Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems in the coming future. The strong decision for chrome made by Google giant is based on many reasons and Google seems to have made a right decision for the particular subject.
Google's decision comes in effect later this year; the new upcoming chrome apps will not be accessible on Windows, Mac and Linux. The apps existing currently will remain without any changes and can be updated. As per Google, the chrome apps will not be available in Chrome web store in the second half of 2017. Early 2018 the chrome apps will no longer be able to load on Windows, Mac or Linux operating systems, according to the Verge.
According to Google, the chrome apps are accessed by tiny number of users and percentage of people accessing these is negligible and Google's decisions appears to be a right one as the big giant cannot continue to concentrate on negligible users. The two types of apps which chrome opens: Packaged apps and hosted apps. Currently, only one percent of users are active on these apps on Windows, Mac or Linux.
Google's decision will give time for the plenty of users to find an alternative and for the developers to build standard web apps. Some users might be annoyed with this decision of Google. But the company's justification for this step is that with the technological advancement in open web, there is a little back form for the chrome apps in the current internet world.
There were certain experiences where a web cannot provide working offline, sending notifications and connecting to hardware, Google has already seen these flaws and patched up these functionality holes and is coming up with new trends and innovations in future.
A clear push from Google to Chrome is "Developers who can't fully move their apps to the web can help us prioritize new APIs to help fill the gaps left by Chrome apps." Along with that a push towards web standards, to make developers build services that are browser-agnostic.
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