Google has been developing Chrome at a quick pace lately, and today it’s expanding the Chrome Web Store. The store recently launched in six new countries — Turkey, Ukraine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates — bringing its total to 42. For developers, Google is also adding a new analytics tool for developers, giving them a chart of impressions and installations over 90 days. The data can be viewed online or downloaded as a CSV, and Google may expand it later with extra features or a longer time window.
Chrome Web Store adds offline section and more analytics, opens in six new countries
The Chrome Web Store is opening in six more countries, giving developers a chart to view impressions and installations over time, and adding a collection specifically for offline apps.
The Chrome Web Store is opening in six more countries, giving developers a chart to view impressions and installations over time, and adding a collection specifically for offline apps.
is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011.
Unless you’re in one of the new countries listed, changes for end users are a bit smaller but still useful. Google has marked whether an app works offline for a couple of months with Chrome Web Store badges, and now it’s adding a special collection for offline apps. Developers can have their app included in the collection by putting an “offline_enabled” flag in the metadata. With all these little updates coming out, we’re wondering what sort of things Google will be showcasing at I / O.
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