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July 30, 2025 16 mins

The new episode of the Universal Tech Units Podcast (from Speed Nguyen's Deep Dive Podcast) collectively address Google's deprecation of Chrome Apps, transitioning users and developers towards Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and Android applications on ChromeOS. The "Chrome Apps Migration" and "Chrome Unboxed" articles detail the timeline and reasons for this shift, emphasizing the benefits of PWAs, such as improved features and installability, while acknowledging exceptions for enterprise users with extended support. The "Desktop Progressive Web Apps" guide further elaborates on optimizing PWAs for ChromeOS, highlighting their integration with the operating system and key functionalities like offline use and touch support. Conversely, discussions from Reddit reveal user frustration and concerns about the loss of functionality for specific legacy applications and the incompleteness of the transition tools, with some users questioning the future direction of ChromeOS given Google's simultaneous push for Android integration, as seen in the "Thurrott.com" article, which notes a mixed signal regarding ChromeOS's future.

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