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Update 1: 2018/04/09 2:19pm PDT As François Beaufort from Google points out, this is now available in Chrome OS Canary by default (no flags required). Just open a PWA, like Twitter Lite or Update 2: 2018/05/09 8:48am PDT According to the Chromium Blog, this feature is arriving as part of Chrome OS 67. It will be added to Chrome for Windows and macOS later this year. Near the end of last year, Google told developers that it was working to phase out apps in the Chrome Web Store, in favor of platform-independent Progressive Web Apps. While PWAs already fully work in Chrome and Chrome OS, Google has been trying to make them look and feel more like desktop programs. Kenneth Christiansen (a contributor to Chromium) has shared some screenshots of how the work is progressing, and it looks fantastic. For those unaware, Chrome OS has an 'Add to Shelf' menu option, which allows users to add websites to the operating system's app library. Sites would have their … [Read more...] about [Update: Coming in v67] Google is improving Progressive Web Apps on Chrome OS
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OpenShift, IBM Cloud, Azure, Linux apps on Chrome OS, Twitter, Serious Flaw on AMD and Intel x86 CPUs
Red Hat has been making headlines with the recent announcement that they will be teaming up with IBM to integrate OpenShift (Red Hat’s commercial Kubernetes offering) into IBM’s Cloud (https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/ibm-and-red-hat-join-forces-accelerate-hybrid-cloud-adoption) to help accelerate container adoption. At the same time, Red Hat expanded beyond IBM and is now also working with Microsoft to provide the same OpenShift platform to Azure (https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-and-microsoft-bring-openshift-to-azure/). It is now official, Google announced during the Google I/O summit that Project Crostini is making it possible for users to install Linux applications on Chrome OS (https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-comes-to-chromebooks) via DEB files (from Debian Stretch). This is on top of the already integrated support for Android apps. A serious flaw was recently discovered affecting all major operating systems running on AMD and Intel x86 CPUs. The … [Read more...] about OpenShift, IBM Cloud, Azure, Linux apps on Chrome OS, Twitter, Serious Flaw on AMD and Intel x86 CPUs
[Update: Now in Canary] Google is improving Progressive Web Apps on Chrome OS
Update 1: 2018/04/09 2:19pm PDT As François Beaufort from Google points out, this is now available in Chrome OS Canary by default (no flags required). Just open a PWA, like Twitter Lite or Near the end of last year, Google told developers that it was working to phase out apps in the Chrome Web Store, in favor of platform-independent Progressive Web Apps. While PWAs already fully work in Chrome and Chrome OS, Google has been trying to make them look and feel more like desktop programs. Kenneth Christiansen (a contributor to Chromium) has shared some screenshots of how the work is progressing, and it looks fantastic. For those unaware, Chrome OS has an 'Add to Shelf' menu option, which allows users to add websites to the operating system's app library. Sites would have their own window, but that was it. In the latest builds of Chrome OS, this functionality has been massively improved - the title bar now uses the site's theme color and displays the current domain. … [Read more...] about [Update: Now in Canary] Google is improving Progressive Web Apps on Chrome OS
Run Android apps on Windows, OS X, and Linux with ARC Welder
Back in September 2014, Google launched the "App Runtime for Chrome" (ARC), a tool that allowed developers to test their Android apps on any Chrome OS device. Today, the Android creators took things one step further and announced the ARC Welder, a tool that makes it possible for developers to test Android apps on any machine that can run the Google Chrome browser. In short, the new ARC Welder tool makes it possible to run Android apps on any desktop operating system such as Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux.Although ARC Welder is primarily aimed at developers, anyone can go ahead and test drive Android apps in their Chrome browser. Just three things are required: the Android APK for the app, the Chrome Browser, and the ARC Welder tool. Following a quick setup process, the APK is converted into an app that can run inside the Google Chrome browser.Another thing to note is that Google also integrated support for some of the Google Play services, such as Maps, Location, or Google Cloud Messaging … [Read more...] about Run Android apps on Windows, OS X, and Linux with ARC Welder
How to run any Android app in Chrome on your desktop with Chrome APK Packager
A little more than a week ago, we passed along the news that an initial set of Android apps were ported to Android Runtime for Chrome, which enabled them to run on a Chromebook. Initially, the idea was that Google would work with “select groups” of Android developers to put more Android apps on Chrome for a more seamless experience between the two platform. Since both Android and Chrome OS are open-source projects, it didn't take long before the developer community took the available code and hacked together a solution for running Android apps on anything with a Chrome browser on it. Finally, there seems to be a no-frills solution for everyone that wants to bring their favorite Android apps on their desktop through Google's browser. Unfortunately, it doesn't work 100% of the time, but every favorite app of yours is worth a try. Sit on your computer now. We're going to take you through the steps. How to run any Android app in Chrome on your desktop with Chrome … [Read more...] about How to run any Android app in Chrome on your desktop with Chrome APK Packager