- Google’s Cameyo Adds Windows App Support to ChromeOS
- Web-based end-user computing seems to be the future
- Virtualized applications offer better security and performance
After acquiring Cameyo in June 2024, Google relaunched the service as a virtual app delivery solution called ‘Cameyo by Google’.
The tool will allow legacy Windows-based applications to run in Chrome or as a web application without requiring full virtual desktops, which is a big step for ChromeOS which, despite being popular in the education sector, has often been avoided due to its incompatibility with traditional software.
Product manager Rob Beard explained that Google’s Cameyo will help organizations migrate from Windows to ChromeOS more easily, and for good reason.
Google wants to help you run apps on ChromeOS
The blog post details the growing popularity of ChromeOS: Nine in 10 IT leaders say their end-user computing (EUC) strategy is web-based, but 50% of applications used today are still legacy client-based applications.
Cameyo works by streaming only the necessary applications, rather than virtualizing an entire desktop, meaning legacy Windows and Linux applications can run alongside more modern web applications. Users can also choose to use browser apps or progressive web apps (PWAs) for a more native experience.
“For the user, the experience is seamless and free of the context switching involved in managing a separate virtual desktop environment. For IT, complexity is eliminated,” Beard wrote.
Google also noted that deploying applications with Cameyo instead of using traditional virtualization technologies is safer and faster.
Beard also used the post to connect Chrome Enterprise Premium, which when combined with Cameyo, offers modern web application security and legacy client-based applications in one. “Those legacy applications, which previously lived on a desktop, now run under the unique security context of the secure browser.”
“This collaboration with Cameyo has proven incredibly successful in helping organizations move away from cumbersome legacy applications, improving security and productivity,” added Naveen Viswanatha, director of product management for ChromeOS, at the time of the acquisition last year.
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