Google Chrome Canary version has been updated to version 124. Some users have discovered that the Chrome browser supports installing any website as an application on the desktop.
We has learned that Google announced in 2018 that it would phase out all Chrome applications on Windows, macOS and Linux and replace them with PWA applications (Progressive Web Apps), which users can directly PWA applications are installed on the desktop of their own devices. Like native applications, they can be opened and run in a separate window.
At present, platforms such as YouTube and Reddit have displayed a small “Install XX as an application” window on the user’s usage page, prompting the user to install their PWA application. For example, the YouTube entrance displays the prompt “Install Youtube”.
At present, the official version of Google Chrome browser is still in version 122. Google is only testing this feature in the latest Chrome Canary version 124. Users still need to wait for a while to officially experience this feature. If you want to try it out, users need to install Chrome. Canary and enable the following two flags:
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chrome://flags/#web-app-universal-install
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chrome://flags/#shortcuts-not-apps
▲ Install Wikipedia as an app
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