{"id":3454,"date":"2018-07-11T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T05:00:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-03-13T09:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T16:58:51","slug":"3454","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/3454","title":{"rendered":"How do I update Graphical Analysis app and other PWA apps on my Chromebook?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\">As of March 2025, all Vernier apps that run on Chromebooks are Progressive Web Apps (PWA). If you are still using the older Chrome packaged apps, you must switch to the PWA to receive updates. See <a href=\"\/til\/7415\/\">Google has stopped supporting Chrome Packaged Apps for Chromebooks.<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How will I know an update is available?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline\">When an update to a Progressive Web App becomes available, the Other Options button, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" class=\"wp-image-14274\" style=\"width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Three-dot-menu-item.png\" alt=\"\">, is displayed with a red badge, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" class=\"wp-image-23689\" style=\"width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Other-Options-Update-available.png\" alt=\"\">. Your Chromebook must be connected to the internet to check for an update.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do I apply the update?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline\">Save any unsaved data, and make sure your Chromebook is connected to the internet. Click or tap Other Options, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" class=\"wp-image-23689\" style=\"width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Other-Options-Update-available.png\" alt=\"\">, choose <strong>Update Available&#8230;<\/strong>, and follow the onscreen prompts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Information<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your Chromebook must be connected to the internet to check for and apply an update.<\/li>\n<li>Do not assume updates are automatically applied; check the Other Option menu to determine if an update is available.<\/li>\n<li>If you run the app in a browser, refreshing the browser window may also apply an available update.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of March 2025, all Vernier apps that run on Chromebooks are Progressive Web Apps (PWA). If you are still using the older Chrome packaged&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1698,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4801,5834],"class_list":["post-3454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-chrome-chromebook","tag-ga-gaw-gac"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1698"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}