

Chrome Apps are tied to your Google Account to save their state across platforms, providing a cohesive and synchronized experience.


The Chrome App Launcher allows you to launch your favorite Chrome Apps right from the desktop. To use it, make sure you have the latest stable version of Chrome for Mac, visit the Chrome Web Store and download any Chrome App – you should see the Chrome App Launcher appear in your dock. Initially available in beta as part of a Chromium release back in May, Chrome App Launcher is now available to all Mac users. Just click its icon and up pops a grid of all Chrome Apps that you’ve installed on your system. Introducing Chrome App Launcher which puts Chrome Apps for your desktop right in your Dock. There are some really fine Chrome Apps out there that will make you question your preconceived notions of what a web app can do and now Google has created a home for them, right in your Mac’s Dock. Today’s Chrome Apps are packaged as native code, can work offline, access your computer’s local storage and more. Chrome Apps may have debuted as simple website shortcuts, but Google has quickly expanded on the initial capabilities so these things now feel and behave much like rich, native apps, as opposed to your typical clunky and somewhat slow web app.
