This is how most of the YouTube clients work. They shipped a strip down web renderer (I forget if based off chrome or not) with an extremely stripped down set o

This is how most of the YouTube clients work. They shipped a strip down web renderer (I forget if based off chrome or not) with an extremely stripped down set of HTML/CSS/JS features - just enough to run the YouTube UI. Still get a familiar development experience, live updates, and able to run on constrained devices.