A Chromebook is now a better football screen than it used to be, mainly because the setup is simpler. Google says supported Chromebooks can run Android apps from Google Play, while Chrome app support started phasing out in July 2025, so the old question about Chrome apps is mostly gone.
The useful question is narrower: which apps actually add something on a Premier League weekend? As of 9 April 2026, Reuters had Arsenal nine points clear with Manchester City still holding a game in hand, so this is the stage of the season where one good alert matters more than five noisy ones.
Start with the league’s own feed
The official Premier League app should still be the first choice. Its current Play Store listing says it offers Matchday Live, Fantasy Premier League management, 33 years of statistics, and Premier League Radio, where available, which is enough to cover the basics without sending you off to other tabs straight away.
On a Chromebook, that matters more than it does on a phone. The bigger screen lets the league table sit next to the line-ups, and the archive is close enough when you need to check whether a player is on four yellows, whether a club has won three straight, or why a goal difference suddenly matters.
For pure speed, FotMob still wins
FotMob is the one to keep open when the television is doing the main work, and the Chromebook is there to catch everything around it.
Its Play Store page says more than 20 million fans use it, and that it offers personalized alerts, live scores, detailed stats, and quick match updates. That is the right mix.
When Liverpool beat Manchester City 2-0 on 23 February 2025, Mohamed Salah scored in the 14th minute and then set up Dominik Szoboszlai before halftime, and the value of an app in that sort of match is not style but speed: goal, assist, card risk, substitutions, and the shape of the game before the next restart has even happened.
BBC Sport is still the grown-up option
Not every match needs another shot map. BBC Sport stays useful because it still does reporting properly, and its Play Store page keeps the pitch simple: news, scores, live sport, and highlights. That is enough.
Reuters’ 9 April look at the title run-in had Liverpool fifth and Chelsea one point behind, which is the sort of detail that turns a Saturday from a list of fixtures into something with pressure attached.
On a Chromebook, BBC Sport works because it reads cleanly and slows the noise down just enough after full-time.
SofaScore is for the parts people argue about
SofaScore earns its place when the scoreline isn’t telling the full story yet. Its current Play Store listing says it offers live scores, detailed statistics, and broad data coverage, and that is exactly what matters when one side has the ball, the other side has the better chances, and nobody in the room agrees on which matters more.
The Premier League’s own tactical analysis of Liverpool’s 2-0 win at City in February 2025 focused on how Salah and Szoboszlai helped close the inside lanes and force City into traffic, and apps built around detailed numbers are useful on a Chromebook because the second screen can actually hold the stat view without feeling cramped.
That is also where sports betting (French: pari sportif) starts sitting in the same digital space as line-up pages, possession maps, and live notifications. A bigger screen makes those habits easier to manage without turning the match into a mess of tabs.
Sky Sports Scores is the one for after the whistle
Sky Sports Scores is better after the match than before it. Its current Play Store page says it brings goal alerts, commentaries, line-ups, fixtures, results, stats, and free video highlights of every Premier League game, every EFL game, and every Scottish Premiership match, which makes it useful on a Chromebook when the point is catching up rather than tracking every second live.
That is not a small difference. On a busy Saturday, the better app is often the one that lets a person get through a 1-0 away win, a red card, and two big chances in three minutes without having to search for separate clips.
OneFootball stays because it covers the gaps
OneFootball usually ends up as the extra install that survives longer than expected. Its current Play Store page still sells it as a hub for scores, matches, news, and analysis, and it is good at filling the hours between matches when the official app has gone quiet, and the pure score apps are only half useful.
That matters on a Chromebook because a second screen is not only for the live game. It is also for the team news at 1 p.m., the injury update at 4 p.m., the table check at 6 p.m., and the short look around the league once Arsenal have won and City still have that game in hand hanging over the weekend.
The right setup is smaller than people think
Most people do not need six Premier League apps on a Chromebook. They need one official app, one quick-score app, and one app that either properly reports or properly shows numbers without repeating the same alert in three different ways.
The official Premier League app, FotMob, BBC Sport, SofaScore, Sky Sports Scores, and OneFootball all make sense, but for different reasons.
The best setup depends on the day: one combination for a live title-race match, another for catching up after work, and another for a quiet Monday night when the screen is open mainly to see who came off in the 72nd minute and whether it changes next weekend.
