How To Get Widgets and a ‘Start Button’ on Your Chromebook

You’ll need to be able to install Android apps on your device

Craig McWha
Debugger
Published in
3 min readSep 15, 2021

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screenshot of the ‘start menu’ on a Chromebook
image courtesy of the author

The desktop on a Chromebook is as barren as the Sahara Desert. Save for a wallpaper you’ll rarely see, it has no function whatsoever. I still cannot understand why Google have kept things this way rather than allow shortcuts and widgets to be displayed on the…

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Craig McWha
Debugger

Former rough sleeper, UK RAF veteran, graduate. Interested in society and social issues. A growing interest in tech stuff and Cyber Security.