When Chrome OS 90 arrived back in April, Google rolled out a handy little SWA dubbed the Diagnostic App. In its current state, the Diagnostic App gives users a snapshot of current CPU and memory usage along with battery health and current charge. There are a handful of tests that users can run from the app to assist in diagnosing issues related to performance that can be saved as a session log to be passed on to OEMs or developers. This is a helpful tool especially for IT admins that manage fleets of devices but the Diagnostic App is about the get significantly more useful thanks to some new features headed our way.
Also in April, we reported that the newly discovered Connectivity app would soon be integrated into the Chrome OS Diagnostic tool but now, it appears that even more tools could soon grace the troubleshooting SWA. (System Web App) For starters, the Diagnostic App will be gaining a navigation panel and that’s a very good thing. In the Canary channel, the app has become very cluttered with network and connectivity information that is being pulled from wi-fi and LTE networks. The new navigation layout will remedy this with something that I presume will look more like the Chrome OS Settings menu.
