| Chrome is a platform for client-side Google services. As the article says, the web browser is the most obvious component, but it also includes Google Cloud Print [0], Google Talk/Hangouts [1], Google Earth [2], Google Music [3], Gmail Offline [4], etc. In some sense it's the spiritual successor to Google Desktop [5], which used to fill a similar role. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Cloud_Print [1] https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2014/10/notification-re... [2] visit https://www.google.com/earth/ in a browser other than Chrome [3] https://support.google.com/googleplaymusic/answer/4627259 [4] https://support.google.com/a/answer/139154 [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Desktop |