Guest Jeff Causey Posted July 2, 2014 Posted July 2, 2014 http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/4d1b929a23c6ce1d50372a66f0ce34f0.png Last year for the fifth anniversary of the Chrome browser, Google announced a “new breed of apps” known as Chrome apps. The new apps function much like a traditional program when launched on a computer, appearing in its own window and capable of being used when offline amongst other features. When launched, Google’s intent was for these Chrome apps to be the next generation of apps replacing the “packaged apps” that they first introduced in 2010. Google has now announced their end of life plans for “packaged apps” including an immediate halt to the ability for developers to submit them to the Chrome Web Store. According to Google’s announcement, in December 2014 all existing legacy packaged apps will be removed from the Chrome Web Store although they will continue to function for users that already have them. Developers will also be able to continue to provide updates. This will be true until June 2015 when the switch in Chrome that allows them to run in the browser will be turned off, effectively end-of-life’ing the packaged apps model for Chrome. To help users migrate their legacy apps over to the new Chrome Apps model, Google has put together a migration tutorial. They are also inviting developers to contact them on the Chromium Apps forum or their Google+ page. source: The Chromium Blog Come comment on this article: Google announces the end of packaged apps in move to Chrome Apps Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more! http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/f67f2ce76da87adb2410e62fddd1e31e._.gif News via TalkAndroid
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