Google is delaying the shutdown of Chrome applications, but you likely weren’t making use of them in any case

Google is heading to allow you use Chrome applications for a small whilst lengthier, as the enterprise on Monday introduced an extension to its planned timeline to close guidance for the software program (by using 9to5Google).

If you aren’t familiar with Chrome apps, they are applications that you install in Chrome that perform similarly to applications that you’d start from your desktop — like this a single for read-it-later app Pocket. But they aren’t greatly adopted — Google explained that “approximately 1 per cent of people on Windows, Mac, and Linux actively use Chrome packaged apps” all the way back in August 2016 when it initial announced programs to wind down assistance for the platform.

In January, Google claimed Chrome applications would halt doing the job on Home windows, Mac, and Linux this year (technically, the corporation established a June 2020 deadline, but it doesn’t glance like it basically adopted by way of). Now, Google suggests Chrome apps will work on people platforms right up until June 2021. Organizations can prolong guidance for Chrome applications on those platforms for an extra calendar year, which means they’ll do the job as a result of June 2022.

And if you’re a Chrome OS user, Google will now end assist for Chrome applications in June 2022 instead of June of subsequent calendar year. But no matter what system you’re on, Google claims help for Chrome applications will finish on all platforms by June 2022.

Chrome extensions will still operate, however — and in point, producing an extension is one of the choices that Google suggests as an option for builders who now need to transition away from Chrome apps but however want to provide identical functionality in just the Chrome browser.