Checking my Chrome app, it seems that there are only a few apps like Spotify and Polarr in addition to a few Google home apps. Apparently, Google ’s “Cut Off Dafa” is here again when no one uses it.

In fact, Google announced in 2016 that Chrome apps would be killed off later. Chrome apps have been in use since 2013. Essentially, Chrome apps is a web page package that is slightly optimized. Google claimed to provide an experience comparable to local apps.

At that time, Google thought it was a huge improvement in the history of the browser. At the same time, some Chrome apps experience is really good, such as Google Earth, Figma, and Progressive Web Apps.

Nevertheless, Chrome Apps is going to be history, and Google now has an exact timeline to “kill” Chrome apps.

The first node on the timeline is March 2020, when the Chrome Web Store will no longer accept any new apps. Developers can update applications that already exist in the store until June 2022. However, in June of this year, Google will stop supporting macOS, Linux, and Windows, and support for business and education users will continue until the end of the year.

The next time is June 2021, when even Chrome OS users will lose access, and all Chromebooks will be shut down within one year.

Summary:

  • March 2020: The Chrome Web Store will stop accepting new Chrome apps. Developers will be able to update existing Chrome apps by June 2022.
  • June 2020: End of support for Chrome apps on Windows, macOS, and Linux. With Chrome Enterprise and Chrome Education UpgradeCustomer support is extended through December 2020.
  • June 2021: End of support for NaCl, PNaCl, and PPAPI APIs.
  • June 2021: End of support for Chrome Apps on Chrome OS. Customer support for Chrome Enterprise Upgrade is extended until June 2022.
  • June 2022: End of support for Chrome Apps on Chrome OS for all customers.

    In fact, there are quite a few recent Google-related things in the browser industry. For example, in terms of privacy, Google promises to eventually abandon third-party cookies, and the Microsoft edge browser using the Chromium engine has been officially launched. Firefox browsers, including Mozilla, also recently switched their default search engine back to Google.

    In fact, today ’s Google Chrome is just like the previous IE. At present, most websites have given priority to optimizing the Blink kernel, and Microsoft today uses Chrom