As an admin, you can automatically install (force-install) login screen apps for users in your organization.
To protect your Chrome users' privacy and data security, Google controls which apps and extensions you can force-install on the login screen. Only those that are absolutely necessary for Chrome OS sign-in are allowed.
For example, you can force-install smart card apps on the login screen, deploy and configure them. Users can then sign-in using smart cards on their managed Chrome devices. See Set up sign in using smart cards on managed Chrome devices .
To deploy smart cards on managed devices across your organization, see Deploy Smart Cards on Chrome OS . You can also install smart card apps on your personal, unmanaged device. For more details, see Use Smart Cards on Chrome OS .
Force install login screen apps
Can apply for Chrome OS devices.
These steps assume you're familiar with configuring Chrome settings in your Admin console.
- Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.
- Go to Menu Devices > Chrome > Settings > Device settings .
Requires having the Mobile Device Management administrator privilege.
- Under Sign-in settings, follow the link to the login screen apps page .
- To apply the setting to all devices, leave the top organizational unit selected. Otherwise, select a child organizational unit .
- Go to the app that you want to automatically install.
- Under Installation policy, choose Force install.
- Click Save.Or, you might click Overridefor an organizational unit
.
To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit.
