Otherwise, you can follow the instructions found below as well. Luckily, nearly all Chromebooks now have the Google Play Store installed on them, and you can easily install VideoLAN’s app with a few clicks! To make this easy, simply click the app badge below from your Chromebook to be taken directly to the store in order to install it. While you can’t install the traditional Windows application for VLC Media Player on your Chromebook, and the Chrome Web Store extension above can be useful, you may find that you either can’t run it on certain devices for compatibility reasons or you simply want a more straightforward approach. It can be a nice bonus if you’re looking to extend VLC’s functionality throughout your OS. This “ Open in VLC media player” extension offered by v adds an option to the right-click contextual menu on your device. Pro Tip: There’s also an extension that allows you to open videos from the web directly in VLC using the app extension we just installed. You can find your new VLC app in your Chromebook’s app launcher via the ‘ Everything button‘.Click “Add app” on the dialogue box after reviewing the permissions it’s requesting.Click the blue “Add to Chrome” button and wait while it’s installed.Click “VLC” – it will be the third option and is offered by VideoLAN.Select the “Apps” filter on the left-hand sidebar.Type “VLC Media Player” in the search box found on the top-right of the page.
