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Google's Chrome 'app launcher' for offline browser apps is coming to Windows, with Mac and Linux to follow in due course. Apple desktop users can now get their hands on Chrome apps.

Google has moved its Chrome app launcher for Macs out of developer preview, today announcing the full release of the desktop tool which supports its emerging line of offline apps. The app launcher for Macs release, by Google yesterday, builds on the company's recent efforts around 'packaged' Chrome apps for Windows desktops. Google launched a developer preview of the, bringing a Chromebook-like experience to other platforms. The main difference between the web apps already on the Chrome Store and Google's newer packaged apps is that instead of running inside a browser tab, they run in a separate chrome-less window and launch from a tray called the 'Chrome App Launcher'. Mac users won't need to install the launcher, which automatically comes with the first Chrome app downloaded from the Chrome Web Store's 'For Your Desktop' category.

Google's Chrome Team Developing App Launcher For Mac Mac

Some of the apps already there include Pocket, Google Keep (its take on Evernote), The Economist and 500px; however, it's still a sparse collection compared with normal apps in the Chrome Web Store. Google introduced those changes earlier this year, which were designed to work with the Chrome App Launcher. Until recently, these have only been supported on Windows.

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Google's official launch of these style of apps for Windows, which followed the of the final version of Windows-based app launcher. A desktop Linux launcher is yet to arrive.

The search company's efforts to bring more Chrome apps to other platforms come as. No doubt, helping developers take their Chrome apps beyond just its own Chromebooks could help flesh out Google's current ecosystem of offline apps. Further reading. Related Topics. By registering you become a member of the CBS Interactive family of sites and you have read and agree to the,. You agree to receive updates, alerts and promotions from CBS and that CBS may share information about you with our marketing partners so that they may contact you by email or otherwise about their products or services.

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