Progressive Web Apps

Microsoft will soon roll out a progressive web app for OneDrive for Business. The PWA should make the OneDrive for Business web experience feel more native on Windows 10.

Progressive web apps on Windows 10 have new installation options behind an optional flag. The options make installed progressive web apps feel much more like native apps.

An upcoming feature for progressive web apps will make them look more like native apps on Windows 10. the feature will let developers customize the title bar of progressive web apps.

Progressive web apps have a new profile switching option on Microsoft Edge Dev and Canary.

The hybrid web-app solution, progressive web app, is touted as the possible solution to Microsoft's app gap; but it may do more good for Google than for Microsoft.

Microsoft wants to combine the best of the web and native apps.

Soon, you'll no longer have to use the menu within a PWA or your browser's settings to uninstall a PWA. Instead, you'll be able to uninstall it using the Settings app or Start Menu.

Microsoft has shipper version 2.0 of its PWA Builder tool, bringing a refreshed design, an update to the "Features" section, and more.

Appscope founders Carl Unger and Oskar Larrson are on a mission to enlist developers, build PWA awareness among consumers and grow the PWA ecosystem.

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are an increasingly important piece of the app puzzle. But it's not just Microsoft pushing the tech. Today, we explain what PWA is and why it's such a big deal.