While the recommended setting needs to be decided by your school’s IT and instructional departments, choosing the whitelist setting option is most common. This means you’re not able to allow marketplace apps for staff vs students. Second, it’s important to know that the main marketplace setting is global. First, when you whitelist an add-on you are whitelisting it for the entire domain. A few important notes and limitations regarding the move of add-ons into marketplace apps. They have created a tutorial specifically for Gopher for Chrome but the process would be the same for other add-ons. Since our Amplified IT Labs products are add-ons, our team deals with this quite a bit. Solution: Navigate to Apps > Marketplace Apps and click on “Manage” > Manage access to apps > Change the setting to “Allow users to install any application from Google Workspace Marketplace” or change the setting to “Allow users to install only whitelisted application from Google Workspace Marketplace” and whitelist the add-on. Users may receive an error message when trying to install a Drive add-on if your domain add-on setting was set to “allow all” and the marketplace setting is configured as “do not allow users to install any application from Google Workspace marketplace” or a whitelist is set up and that app has not been whitelisted. Schools are more aware of the marketplace settings, and more domains have changed that setting. You may not have even known you could change this. The problem is that most domains allowed Drive add-ons for all because it was the default. It’s a simple enough announcement but schools aren’t aware that this change is why their users are having issues, especially when it “used to work fine” or “this user doesn’t have the problem, but this one does.” So, what happened? Google Drive add-ons moved into the marketplace section of the Admin console. It’s the Drive add-ons move into the marketplace. Although these changes are a few months old, we know it’s tough to keep up with them all – so let’s dive in! Drive add-ons move into marketplace apps - I want to take a moment and discuss a change that happened last fall but we continue to see schools have issues because of it. Now that we’ve got a handle on the types of apps let’s regroup on a few notable app changes. Marketplace app management navigation: Apps > Marketplace Apps > Manage > Manage access to apps (main setting) Apps > Marketplace Apps > Whitelist (whitelist apps) Apps > Marketplace Apps > Click the Card (push out apps to the domain/OUs)Įxamples of marketplace apps: Peardeck and Doctopus. Note: Add-ons moved into marketplace apps last year and are now considered a marketplace app. One major difference with marketplace apps is that they will appear in any browser a user signs into, whereas Android apps and Chrome apps and extensions will only appear in the Chrome Browser or Chrome OS. The majority of marketplace apps will show up in the apps launcher (waffle iron icon). Marketplace Apps can be pushed out from the Admin console or installed by users (depending on marketplace configuration). Similar to the Chrome web store, it’s an online store for Google and third party app software. Marketplace apps Marketplace apps are currently managed in a different area of the Admin console than the other apps mentioned above. Examples of Android apps: Jamboard and Squid. These options are not presented within the new apps & extensions page. Note: to configure options regarding permission changes and notifications, go to /work. Android apps can be more robust and a better, more rich experience compared to Chrome apps and extensions. Android apps will become increasingly common and is a main option going forward as Chrome apps are phased out (more on this later). When it comes to Android apps, think this: Apps on your Android phone or tablet now work on Chromebooks. It’s important to note that not all Chromebooks support Android apps out of the box, but since 2018 all new devices do. One reason for this is developers have not optimized their app to act and look polished on Chrome OS (it’s getting better every day though. For those of you who have explored Android apps on Chromebooks, you may have noticed some will have the shape and interface of a phone and may not have the best user experience. Android apps For those Android phone users, Android apps on Chromebooks will be a familiar experience and interface.
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