Chrome PWAs can now auto-run on Windows Start-up

In what may be a great or terrible move, Progressive Web Apps can now automatically run on Windows 10 Start-up.

The option will be offered when you choose to install a PWA, and would, for example, allow Slack and other messaging PWAs to always be available even if you don’t remember to launch the app.

The feature is now available in Chrome Canary and can be activated via the “Desktop PWAs run on OS login” flag under chrome://flags.

Techdows, who noted the feature, also notes that at present while there is a checkbox to give permission to auto-run, at present there is no UI to rescind the permission, though this can be done via the Task Manager app.

The addition of this feature increasingly narrows the gap between native apps and PWAs, particular for lightweight applications.

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