Google Chrome Introduces New Progressive Web Apps(PWAs) for Windows 10
Chrome 70 is out with a new feature under its sleeve, which
allows the user to install Progressive Web Apps or PWA in their browser. What
Progressive Web Apps does is, it converts regular websites like Twitter or
Spotify into an application similar to ones which we use on our mobile phone.
Basically, it enhances the cosmetic value of a site.
PWAs are available for quite some time later, but by inculcating
this feature by Google Chrome much broader user base now can access this
feature. Not many sites provide such features, nor there is any PEA store to
avail such apps, so it is quite possible not to have PWAs for your favourite
sites but still few websites like Twitter, Spotify provides them.
How to Install
PWAs
If you wish to have a PWA for your Windows 10, the first
requirement is to check that does that site have a PWA or not. You can find an
Install PWA on the top right corner of the site where you can initialize your
download. If a PWA is available, follow these steps to download it for your
windows.
- Choose “Chrome Menu” from the toolbars right corner.
- Click on the “Install” button.
- Select “Yes” in the verification pop-up.
After the installation finished, you will see a new icon on the
desktop of the PWA that you have downloaded. You can also pin the PWA onto your
task manager.
If you want to have a list of all the PWAs on your system, you
can do it easily by opening your Google chrome and typing “chrome://apps/ on
the address bar, which would display all the installed PWSs on your system.
This feature comes in handy as it provides the user with the overview and makes
it much more efficient for him.
Sometimes users require help and support to solve their PWA
related issues, but chrome currently does not have any PWAs stores like Google
Play store for Android users to rectify their problems.
And at times, it becomes hard for users even to install the PWAs
as one has to access the exact URL of the PWA to install it. So it is better
believed that soon Google Chrome would also include customer support base for
PWAs.
Harry Williams is a Microsoft Office
expert and has been working in the technical industry since 2002. As a
technical expert, Harry Williams has written technical blogs, manuals, white
papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup.
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