Notice Something Different with Your Chrome Browser?

Chrome App Launcher

Chrome launched a launcher.  Is that possible?  Yes.  While it's a cool feature, the timing was unfortunate.  Our entire school had just gone through a session on Customizing Google Chrome, the very next day... NEW Apps Launcher!

The Chrome App Launcher  makes your desktop look a little more like a Chromebook.  The launcher provides quick access to all of your apps from your desktop. Don't see it yet?  Well, when you install an app from the Chrome Web Store, you'll get an option to get the App Launcher. The App Launcher requires you to sign in to Chrome to enable apps that need access to your Google account.

Another update is a browser based apps launcher instead of the "New Tab" look.  You'll notice this under your profile picture, on the far left side of your "bookmarks bar"

Sorry to say, if you liked the "New Tab" look, I haven't figured out a way to roll it back to the previous style.  For more on managing apps and the apps launcher, check out this resource from Google Chrome.