What’s changing
Admins can now customize the Chrome Web Store experience for their users with several new options, including:
- Branding and custom messaging: Add company logos, custom welcome banners and announcement banners.
- Curated collections: Organize specific extensions for your users, including recommended and private extensions. We have also introduced a new collection of extensions that displays all items that are allowlisted by IT administrators.
- Category controls: Hide specific extension categories to help streamline the browsing experience for users.
Additionally, we've enhanced the Chrome Web Store search experience. In the search results. end-users can quickly notice blocked item tags, and they can benefit from more advanced filtering such as a “Private items” filter.
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Example of a customized Chrome Web Store
Who’s impacted
Admins and end users
Why it matters
Every Google Workspace customer has unique users with unique needs – Chrome extensions can help improve their workflows and increase productivity. However, navigating the numerous available extensions can present challenges for both admins and end users. For admins, it is often a manual and time consuming process to vet which Chrome extensions they want to allow for their users. For end users, it can be frustrating to sift through a vast catalog of extensions to find relevant and admin-approved extensions.
This update significantly improves the Chrome Web Store experience for enterprises. Admins can customize, organize, and control the Chrome Web Store experience for their users. For end users, finding work-relevant and admin approved extensions becomes significantly easier cutting down on guesswork or wasted time searching for extensions that might be blocked.
Getting started
- Admins: Four new Apps & Extensions settings have been added to the Chrome section of the Admin console. To find the new settings, go to Menu > Chrome Browser > Apps and extensions > Navigate to the “Settings” tab > Chrome Web Store settings. Visit the Help Center to learn more about customizing the Chrome Web Store for your users.
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- End users: Depending on your admin configuration, the Chrome Web Store may be tailored to your organization’s needs. Visit the Help Center to learn more about installing and managing extensions.
Rollout pace
Availability
- Available for all Google Workspace customers with access to the Admin console
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