[2] In a limited beta consumer release in September 2014,[3] Duolingo, Evernote, Sight Words, and Vine Android applications were made available in the Chrome Web Store for installation on Chromebook devices running OS version 37 or higher.

[4] As of January 2015[update], the development by Google is taking place behind closed doors with individual repository commits, code reviews and most issue tracking being kept internal to the company.

In a limited beta consumer release in September 2014,[5] Duolingo, Evernote, Sight Words, and Vine Android applications were made available in the Chrome Web Store for installation on Chromebook devices running OS version 37 or higher.

[10] The Native Client platform is being extended with a POSIX-compatible layer on top of the NaCl Integrated Runtime and Pepper APIs[11] which emulate the Linux environment in the foundation of an Android phone.

According to a security evaluation by Meng Xu, ARC apps may communicate with other installed Chrome Extensions and the files stored on the underlying operating system which might open avenues to various attacks.