Progressive Web Apps
are user experiences that have the reach of the web, and are:
- Reliable - Load instantly, even in uncertain network conditions.
- Fast - Respond quickly to user interactions with silky smooth animations and no clunky scrolling.
- Engaging - Feel like a natural app on the device, with an immersive user experience.
This new level of quality allows Progressive Web Apps to earn a place on the user's home screen.
Reliable
When launched from the user’s home screen, service workers enable a Progressive Web App to load instantly, regardless of the network state.
Fast
53% of users will abandon a site if it takes longer than 3 seconds to load! And once loaded, users expect them to be fast—no janky scrolling or slow-to-respond interfaces.
Engaging
Progressive Web Apps are installable and live on the user's home screen, without the need for an app store. They offer an immersive full screen experience with help from a web app manifest file and can even re-engage users with web push notifications.
The Web App Manifest allows you to control how your app appears and how it's launched. You can specify home screen icons, the page to load when the app is launched, screen orientation, and even whether or not to show the browser.
Progressive Web Apps may be innovative today, but tomorrow they'll just be 'normal'. Hey, don't just take our word for it, ask Google!