iOS 26 gives you two distinct ways to add websites to your iPhone's Home screen – as web apps or traditional bookmarks. They might look similar at first glance, but choosing the right option can ...

Some websites don't have a dedicated mobile app for accessing their content, but that doesn't mean you can't add bookmarks to favorite websites on your Home screen. Creating a bookmark on your Home ...

Update March 1: Apple has updated its developer site to say that it has changed its mind, and will not remove the ability to have progressive web apps on the home screen after all. “Developers and ...

Last month, Apple confirmed that iOS 17.4 would remove support for Home Screen web apps in the European Union. At the time, Apple said this decision was due to ...

Apple has allowed the creation of web bookmarks on the home screen since January 2008 (back then under iPhone OS 1.1.3). From August of that year, it was also possible to trigger an app-like ...

The home screen web app feature allows users to install certain websites as standalone apps on their iOS devices. This allows users to have quick access to websites, as well as other app ...

iOS 17.4 offers a number of changes for the App Store and iPhone in the European Union. This includes things like third-party app marketplaces and support for alternative browser engines. One ...

Progressive web apps are officially no more for iPhone users in the EU. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images No, it's not a temporary issue in a beta version of iOS – Apple is officially killing home ...

Web apps are lightweight and platform-independent. There are various methods to create them on macOS: using Safari’s native support, third-party tools like Fluid, Flotato, or Applicationize, and Unite ...

Well, it turns out it’s not a bug that broke iPhone web apps, also known as progressive web apps (PWAs), in the EU. Following developer complaints and press reports about how PWAs were no longer ...

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