Google Shuts Down Apps Section On Chrome Web Store


Google has now followed through with that promise: Chrome users are now barred from accessing the Apps section and installing apps from the Chrome web store. Also, by early 2018, installed Chrome Apps will stop functioning on PC and Mac. Chrome OS, however, will still be able to access them for an unspecified period.Calm down, Chrome users, as this merely concerns apps. Extensions and themes will remain available to download from the Chrome Web Store.But with Chrome Apps gone, Google hopes to replace them with a better alternative. As Ars Technica reports, Google hasbegun pushing developers to create Prograssive web apps instead, or PWAs. This appears to be similar to Chrome Apps, which aim to bring app-like features to websites.                                  

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