What is a Progressive Web App (PWA)?
Imagine a solution that allows you to provide a great mobile user experience, that is performant, cost effective and doesn’t require development across three different platforms. That’s what PWAs are all about. Picture it as a combination of best sides of native mobile apps and websites.
Progressive Web App is basically a website or a web app that looks like a mobile app, allowing you to harness the benefits of both solutions. Not to mention it works smoothly across all mobile platforms. Sounds great, doesn’t it? But there’s even more in PWAs than that!Let’s take a closer look at the technical side of PWA, to better understand the logic behind it.
How does progressive web app work?
Users visit your website (build with standard tools such as HTML5, CSS, JavaScript) for a number of times, so the browser identifies them as interested in your content. As soon as they meet default criteria of your choice, the browser invites them to keep the website saved as an app on the home screen of their smartphone. Now they can revisit the website any time, which stays responsive, performant and available offlineto some extent. Nothing simpler than reusing the code from your websiteto deliver a mobile experience. Neat!
In comparison with native applications, you get a cross-platform solution thatis not distributed via app stores, but via web. No download is required to provide users with a solution that includes push notifications and is not reliable on any mobile platform (remember what happened to Nokia, Blackberry or Windows Phones?). PWAs are indexable by Google, doesn’t require additional downloading from the store for updates and consume significantly less data of the smartphone. Higher user engagement and improved reliability come included. How handy is that!
PWAs are becoming very popular. Why?
Progressive Web apps are a combination of the best features of native mobile apps and websites, that boost engagement of users and result in increased revenue. With the amount of significant benefits that come with PWA, you’ll quickly notice the difference.
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Does PWA fit your company?
More than you think.
If you aim to reduce the costs related to customer acquisition, would like to reduce blockers such as considerable processing power required to use your appand at the same time don’t need features that are specific to just one mobile platform, then PWAs are just for you. Especially, if you already have a mobile-friendly, responsive website.
Progressive Web Apps are a perfect match for your business if you aim to create an e-commerce platform or a marketplace, that will promote content consumption and sharing. It is also great tool for any social media, travel and real estate apps or any management solutions. Why not give it a go?
Learn about examples of successful PWA implementation.
If you’re looking for a proof that Progressive Web Apps actually do the job, then look no more. Internet leaders of many sectors have already implemented PWA. Examples? Twitter, Forbes, Pinterest, AliExpress, Uber, Housing.com. Sound familiar? Take a look at some hard results, and just trust the numbers:
Bounce rate decreased by 20%, number of pages per session increased by 65%.
Increase of Pins seen by 401%, decrease of page load from 490kb to 190kb.
Alibaba
Conversion rate increased by 104%, doubled pages viewed per session
Tinder
Decrease of 90% weight in comparison to the native app. Loading time reduced from 11.91 to 4.69 seconds.
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Impressive, isn’t it? Just imagine what results you will achieve.
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