Google facilitates smartphone-like app experiences in your Chrome browser

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Chrome extends the browser with concrete APIs so web apps can run native code and access devices: WebAssembly runs C++ libraries and boosts performance; file system access plus serial/USB/HID and a contact picker let sites read and write user files and talk to hardware; service workers enable offline caching; Progressive Web Apps install as standalone desktop apps and can be wrapped with Trusted Web Activities for Play Store listing. AutoCAD moves a 35‑year codebase to the web with 2–4 engineers in a few quarters; Construct loads from marketing page to editor in under a minute.

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1. 0:00Introduction to web platform
2. 1:26Defining the web platform
3. 5:14Modern web technologies
4. 9:41Progressive web applications
5. 10:42Case studies of success
6. 13:14Q&A and concluding thoughts

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