Yes, Chrome Apps can make use of the Chrome Platform API which allows them to do all kinds of privileged things (if the required permissions were given). http:

Yes, Chrome Apps can make use of the Chrome Platform API which allows them to do all kinds of privileged things (if the required permissions were given). http://developer.chrome.com/apps/api_index.html http://developer.chrome.com/apps/api_index.html So... yea, it's very similar. Both are some sort of web-related runtime which can be used for all kinds of applications thanks to additional APIs which make the environment less restrictive.