Chrome packaged apps give the same api in the browser as in chrome OS. The whole trick of packaged apps, is to get the same API on all OS. And along the way, go

Chrome packaged apps give the same api in the browser as in chrome OS. The whole trick of packaged apps, is to get the same API on all OS. And along the way, google gets apps for chrome OS. I guess it's some kind of chicken and egg problem, to use the OS you need apps, but developers only develop if there are users. By having apps working on various OS the entice developers to create stuff that will also work in Chrome OS.