Reduced to shortcuts, Apple iOS 17.4 weakens PWA web apps in Europe

According to news on February 9, the Open Web Advocacy recently issued an announcement stating that Apple has weakened support for PWA applications in the iOS 17.4 Beta 2 update for the European market.

The organization stated that after installing this update, iPhone users in Europe are unable to launch PWA applications in the top-level window, cannot be full screen, and can only be opened in Safari, causing PWA applications to be downgraded to pure Website shortcuts, this change seriously affects the user experience and functionality of PWA applications. It is learned from reports that after iPhone users in Europe try to click to open a PWA application, they will see a reminder pop-up from the system asking whether they want to call the Safari browser to open it, or cancel the operation. The information also reminds that starting from iOS 17.4 Beta 2, PWA applications need to be opened from the default browser. After the user chooses to call Safari, the PWA application opens like a bookmark, without a dedicated window, notifications, or long-term local storage. The Safari version can no longer access local data and breaks the notification function. Existing PWA applications also have problems such as data loss.

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