That includes access to features like customizable Gallery Views, Live Transcription, and Raise Hand and reactions. But, dont worry, the video-calling app is shutting down its Chromebook app to bring something better. For all intents and purposes, Zoom will be installed like an Android or PWA app and will behave like Zoom on other platforms. Zoom is likely to withdraw support from Chromebook laptops.

Google has slowly been pushing for PWAs to become available on its Play Store, and Zoom's name could lend more credibility to those efforts. That stone is, of course, a Progressive Web App or PWA. Instead, it is aiming to hit as many birds with a single stone. It won't be a native Chrome OS app nor an Android app. Zoom just recently announced, rather silently even, that it would be coming to Chromebook in its full glory through the Google Play Store. It lacked critical features like break-out rooms and audio in screen sharing, things that have become more common when using video conferencing tools for remote work. Anyone using the web interface, however, would testify how unsatisfying that experience can be. To be clear, it has been possible to use Zoom on Chrome OS devices for quite a while now. The Zoom app on the device is being officially shut down and users are being asked to use the new Zoom for Chrome PWA to join meetings on ChromeOS.

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