Google just said that its desktop app has been installed thrice as much this year compared to last year. On top of this, Chromebooks have also seen a massive 50% rise in the number of Android app installations in 2021.
How APIs and Other Abilities have Changed Over the Years
According to the story by XDA-developers, web apps have long been popular on both laptops and desktop computers for more than 10 years. Over the past years, however, newer APIs and other capabilities have made those types of apps even more capable.
Web apps becoming installable on Chrome on desktop PCs have been pushed by Google like they have been on Chrome for Android. According to the same source, the results proved impressive.
Chrome OS Development Portal Fueled by Latest APIs and the Open Web
A blog post was also written by Google on the Chrome OS development portal. Progressive Web Apps or PWAs, just like the web, are also much more capable and even more powerful than they used to be.
The Chrome OS development portal has been fueled by both the latest web APIs and the open web. In addition, PWAs are capable of enabling web developers to be able to create apps that are more reliable and can easily be installed.
PWAs Installed on Desktops Increased by 270% This Year Compared to 2021
As its user base starts to expand much faster, ever since the start of 2021, installs of desktop PWAs have increased by a whopping 270%. With that, considering a lot of people are using Progressive Web Apps through the browser as normal websites, the progression has been described as "impressive."
Compared to the start of 2021, the number of web apps being used much similarly to native apps has increased threefold. Chromebooks also saw a 50% increase compared to 2021 in the number of Android app installations.
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Project Fugu Details Different Examples of Brand New Functionality
A lot of the Progressive Web Apps recent work in Chrome comes from Project Fugu which is being described as the effort to be able to close gaps when it comes to the capabilities of enabling new classes of apps capable of running on apps.
Certain examples of the brand new functionality coming from Project Fugu even included the Web Bluetooth API, Web Share Target, WebUSB API, Web Share API Level 2, Contacts API, and a lot of helpful features as per Fugu-Tracker.
What is the Difference Between Web Share Target and Web Share API Level 2
The Web Share Target allows web apps to appear in the share menu of Android, while the Web Share API Level 2 allows both images and other files to be shared from native apps to web apps. The number of apps can be seen on the Fugu API Tracker.
Project Fugu is an effort that is planning to close gaps in the web's capabilities in enabling a different class of apps on the web.
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