https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/16/google_phasing_out_support_for_chrome_apps_across_all_operating_systems/ > Google has rolled out a new schedule for ending support for Chrome Apps – packaged desktop applications built with HTML, CSS and JavaScript – in favour of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and other browser-based approaches such as Chrome Extensions. > The plans to cease supporting Chrome Apps are not new: In August 2016 the company said: "We will be removing support for packaged and hosted apps from Chrome on Windows, Mac, and Linux over the next two years."