Google has introduced Cameyo by Google, a new Virtual App Delivery solution designed to help enterprises modernize their end-user computing environments while maintaining access to essential legacy applications. The launch comes as organizations increasingly embrace web-first strategies, even though half of the applications they rely on today remain client-based. With IT leaders reporting that enabling end users to leverage AI on the endpoint is a top priority over the next year, the need for a bridge between traditional software and modern web infrastructure has become increasingly urgent.
Cameyo by Google offers a modern alternative to traditional virtualization, delivering only the applications employees need, rather than entire desktops. Users can run legacy Windows or Linux applications directly in the browser or as Progressive Web Apps. This provides them with a native app experience, eliminating the complexity of managing remote desktops or switching between multiple environments. Enterprises can stream everything from ERP clients and design software to the desktop version of Excel while IT teams reduce overhead and simplify their technology stack.
The technology integrates deeply with Google’s enterprise ecosystem, which is designed to help organizations modernize at their own pace while maintaining access to existing tools and applications. Cameyo plays a key role in this approach by connecting legacy systems to a modern, flexible, secure, and interoperable stack. Today’s enterprises have increasingly turned to Google for a web-based computing model, and Cameyo strengthens that model by removing long-standing barriers around legacy app dependence.
A major use case for the platform involves the rapid adoption of Secure Enterprise Browsers. While most SEB solutions only address browser-based SaaS applications, Cameyo and Chrome Enterprise Premium together deliver and secure both modern web apps and legacy client-based applications within a single browser environment. Chrome Enterprise Premium provides a secure access point with threat protection, URL filtering, and advanced Data Loss Prevention controls. Cameyo then publishes legacy applications into that secure browser so that all apps operate under the same security framework. Gemini in Chrome can also layer AI capabilities on top of these legacy applications, extending Google’s AI benefits to software that predates the web era.
The system offers advantages for organizations considering a shift to ChromeOS. Cameyo enables enterprises to migrate to a more secure operating environment, including converting existing PCs through ChromeOS Flex, while continuing to run any remaining Windows applications. This effectively eliminates the long-standing app gap that has historically slowed ChromeOS adoption in the enterprise. Additionally, companies transitioning to Google Workspace can fully leverage a collaborative, web-first productivity suite without compromising access to specialized Windows programs that remain essential to specific workflows.
Cameyo also accelerates deployment timelines for IT organizations. Instead of weeks or months of traditional virtualization setup, teams can publish applications within hours and complete rollout in days. Built in Zero Trust security provides additional protection for application access without the need for VPNs or complicated network configurations.
Google positions Cameyo as part of a broader shift away from complex virtualization systems that organizations once relied on to keep legacy applications operational. With Cameyo, enterprises gain a flexible route to modernization, reducing dependencies on older infrastructure and advancing toward a secure, cloud-based, collaborative, and AI-enabled digital workplace.
KEY QUOTE:
“The beauty of Cameyo is its simplicity. It lets users access applications on any device with security built in, allowing us to reach any end user, on any device, without it ever touching our corporate systems or the complexity or overhead, no VPNs or firewall configurations needed. VPNS were taking up to 15 minutes to log in, but with Cameyo access is instant, saving users upwards of 30 minutes every day.”
Phil Paterson, Head of Cloud & Infrastructure, PTSG
