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Overview

This page will serve as your guide for how to move Chrome.* App API to the Web Platform and its APIs.

Upcoming Changes

Our team has identified these highly used Chrome.* APIs and we outline below the targeted milestone where those APIs will be coming to the Web Platform. If you use these APIs in your existing Chrome App, you can find out more about these APIs on the Web Updates page. If there is an API you use and it isn’t on our Web Platform Fugu API Roadmap , please file a new feature request where you can provide information about your desired use case. As we work towards full deprecation, this feedback will help us determine prioritization of APIs.

Web Supported - Green

Web Partial Support - Yellow

Web Planned - Orange

Web Not Supported - Red

Chrome App feature/functionality

Web Support

Web platform functionality

Origin Trial

Release

chrome.accessibilityFeatures

Partial Support

**[Requires Chrome

Extension](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/accessibilityFeatures)**

Shipped

chrome.alarms

Planned

Notification Triggers

78

81

chrome.app.runtime

Planned

**[Launch

Event](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=844279)**

79

82

chrome.app.runtime.onRestarted

Partial Support

**[Page Life

Cycle](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/07/page-lifecycle-api)**

Shipped

chrome.app.window

Planned

Window Placement / Screen Enumeration

83

86

chrome.audio

Planned

Audio Device Client

84

87

chrome.bluetooth

Partial Support

Web Bluetooth API

Shipped

chrome.bluetoothLowEnergy

Partial Support

Web Bluetooth API

Shipped

**[chrome.bluetoothLowEnergy

Peripheral](https://developer.chrome.com/apps/bluetoothLowEnergy)**

Not Supported

**Support via ARC++[

BTLE](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth-le)**

chrome.bluetoothSocket

Not Supported

**Support via ARC++[

BTLE](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth-le)**

chrome.browser

Supported

window.open

Shipped

chrome.commands

Supported

UI Events

Shipped

chrome.contextMenus

Supported

(HTML/script)

Shipped

chrome.documentScan

Not Supported

**Via extensions[

chrome.documentScan](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/documentScan)**

chrome.events

Partial Support

Alarms

78

81

chrome.extensionTypes

Partial Support

**[Extension with

extensionTypes](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/extensionTypes)**

Shipped

chrome.fileSystem

Partial Support

Native FileSystem API

78

84

chrome.fileSystemProvider

Partial Support

**[Extension w/

fileSystemProvider](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/fileSystemProvider)**

Shipped

chrome.gcm

Supported

**[Web Push

Notifications](https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/push-notifications/)**

Shipped

chrome.hid

Planned

Web HID API

84

87

chrome.i18n

Supported

(HTML/script)

Shipped

chrome.identity

Partial Support

**[Workaround using OAuth API or Credential Management

API](https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5669923372138496)**

Shipped

chrome.idle

Planned

User Idle Detection API

82

85

chrome.instanceID

Partial Support

**[Web

push](https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/push-notifications/)**

Shipped

chrome.mdns

Not Supported

**Via partial support from ARC++[ NDS

Discovery](https://developer.android.com/training/connect-devices-wirelessly/nsd)**

chrome.mediaGalleries

Planned

Native FileSystem API

77

84

chrome.networking.onc

Not Supported

chrome.notifications

Supported

Notifications API

Shipped

chrome.permissions

Supported

**[Web Permissions

API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Permissions_API)**

Shipped

chrome.power

Partial Support

**WakeLock API -

Screen wake lock, but not System wake lock**

78

82

chrome.printerProvider

Partial Support

**[Transition to

Extension](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/printerProvider)**

Shipped

chrome.runtime

Partial Support

**[Service Workers + Page Lifecycle

API](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/07/page-lifecycle-api)**

Shipped

chrome.runtime.connect

Partial Support

**[Channel Messaging

API](https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/6710044586409984)**

Shipped

chrome.runtime.sendMessage

Not Supported

Only between Android apps / Only within ARC++

chrome.serial

Planned

Web Serial API

80

83

chrome.sockets.tcp

Not Supported

**[Partial ARC++ support through android.net.ConnectivityManager and Java

standard socket API](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/net/Socket)**

chrome.sockets.tcpServer

Not Supported

**[Partial ARC++ support via android.net.ConnectivityManager and Java standard

socket API](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/net/Socket)**

chrome.sockets.udp

Not Supported

**[Partial support via ARC++ DatagramSocket API for

UDP](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/net/DatagramSocket)**

chrome.storage

Partial Support

**Cache API:[

https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5072127703121920](https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5072127703121920)**

**IndexedDB:[

https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/6507459568992256](https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/6507459568992256)**

Shipped

chrome.storage.managed

Partial Support

**Support via ARC++ or Extension with[

storage.managed](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/storage#property-managed)**

Shipped

chrome.syncFileSystem

Partial Support

Not supported - Integration with Drive restful API but no OS intergation

Shipped

chrome.system.cpu

Partial Support

navigator.hardwareConcurrency

Shipped

chrome.system.display

Partial Support

window.screen

Shipped

chrome.system.memory

Partial Support

navigator.deviceMemory

Shipped

chrome.system.network

Partial Support

**[Network Information

API](https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/6338383617982464)**

Shipped

chrome.system.storage

Partial Support

navigator.storage

Shipped

chrome.tts

Supported

**[Web Speech API

(Synthesis)](https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/4782875580825600)**

Shipped

chrome.types

Not Supported

**Extension with[

chrome.types](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/types)**

Shipped

chrome.usb

Supported

Web USB API

Shipped

chrome.virtualKeyboard

Not Supported

**Partial support via ARC++[ Soft Input

Method](https://developer.android.com/training/keyboard-input)**

chrome.vpnProvider

Not Supported

**Partial support via ARC++[

VpnService](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/VpnService) or Extensions chrome.vpnProvider**

chrome.wallpaper

Not Supported

**Support via ARC++[

WallpaperManager](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/WallpaperManager) or Extensions https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/wallpaper**

externally_connectable

Not Supported

**[Use

Window.postMessage](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/content_scripts#host-page-communication) to communicate with Extensions**

kiosk_enabled

Planned

PWAs will be supported in Kiosk mode.

minimum_chrome_version

Not Supported

**Use feature detection or via Extenisions[

minimum_chrome_version](https://developer.chrome.com/apps/manifest/minimum_chrome_version)**

offline_enabled

Supported

**[Offline via Service

Workers](https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/codelabs/offline/)**

Shipped

NaCl

Partial Support

Migration Guide

Shipped

tag

Not Supported

Relevant Links

# **[Web Platform Fugu API
Roadmap](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1de0ZYDOcafNXXwMcg4EZhT0346QM-QFvZfoD8ZffHeA/edit#gid=557099940)**

# **F[ile a new feature
request](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/capabilities#the_new_capabilities)**

# **[Android development for Chrome
OS](https://developer.android.com/chrome-os)**

# **Past announcement from blog:
[Link](https://blog.chromium.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-to-web.html) to
2016 announcement.**

FAQ

Developers

What are my next steps for converting my existing Chrome app?

Migrating to web api: https://developers.chrome.com/apps/migration

Migrating to Android for Chrome OS: https://developer.android.com/chrome-os

Where can I find a list of new Web Platform Fugu APIs that corresponds to existing Chrome app APIs?

See this tracker.

I’m migrating a Chrome App to PWA and missing an API, will an equivalent API be available? If not, how can I request a new Web Capability?

See https://developers.google.com/web/updates/capabilities; request APIs using this link.

I’ve created a PWA or Android app to replace my Chrome App, what do I need to do to help transition my users?

If you are migrating users to PWAs, you need to add the replace_web_app field and the url for hosting the new PWA. (note, this field exists since M75+)

If you are migrating users to ARC++, you need to add the replacement_android_app field and the package name for the replacement Android App. (note, this field will be added for Chrome M81+).

Once you have defined one of the two fields, you also need to invoke chrome.management.installReplacementWebApp() in your app to prompt Chrome for the migrating dialogue.

See the example definition in https://developer.chrome.com/apps/manifest.