Safari on iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 for PWA and Web Developers－firt.dev

Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊) (@jaredwhite@indieweb.social)

Oooooo, this is a real big cherry on top! New Safari 26 feature: “Every site can be a web app on iOS and iPadOS” Just like in macOS, anything can become an installable web app if you wish. This is huuuuuuuuge! Most of the apps I use every day are web apps! https://webkit.org/blog/16993/news-from-wwdc25-web-technology-coming-this-fall-in-safari-26-beta/ #WWDC25 #Apple

Making PWAs installable - Progressive web apps | MDN

One of the defining aspects of a PWA is that it can be promoted by the browser for installation on the device. Once installed, a PWA appears to users as a platform-specific app, a permanent feature of their device which they can launch directly from the operating system like any other app.

WebKit Features for Safari 26.4

March has a way of bringing a lot of new things to WebKit — and this year is no exception.

Device API timeline by engine

Years of first stable shipment. Open circles mean "still not shipped, as of May 2026". For Safari I use the iOS Safari date where it differs from macOS, since iOS is where the PWA story is constrained. Click any API name to open its MDN reference (includes the live browser support matrix).

iOS 18: How to Use Safari's New Highlights Feature

Safari in iOS 18 introduces a new feature called Highlights, which is designed to enhance your browsing experience by intelligently surfacing key information from webpages. The tool uses machine learning to identify and extract the most relevant details, and present them to you in an easily...

Turn a website into an app in Safari on iPhone

In Safari on iPhone, get an app-like experience from any website.

Apple Further Explains iOS 17.4's New Default Browser Prompt in EU

After updating to iOS 17.4, which is currently in beta, iPhone users in the EU will be prompted to choose a default web browser when they first open Safari. In an email today, Apple shared additional details about how this process will work. Apple said iPhone users in the EU will be presented with a list of the 12 most popular web browsers from their country's local App Store at the time, and noted that the options will be shown in random order for every user.

Apple to add AI search partners to Safari as Google usage falls

Apple is going to add AI search providers to the Safari browser on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Bloomberg reports Apple...

Powerful PWAs  |  ChromeOS  |  Google for Developers

New and upcoming features coming to the web to superpower your apps, plus a checklist to help you track adding them to your app.

The viability of JS frameworks on mobile

Whether I like it or not, not everyone using my web apps will be running iOS 9 on an iPhone 6S or a Nexus 6P and connecting via super-speedy wifi.

Discover iOS apps | Mobbin — UI & UX design inspiration for mobile & web apps

Browse and search across hundreds of iOS apps for UI & UX research.

iOS doesn’t support Progressive Web Apps, so what?

One common argument for why organizations aren’t investing in Progressive Web Apps is that iOS doesn’t support them. Hogwash. Here’s why organizations should invest in Progressive Web Apps regardless. Source: Pixabay Progressive Web Apps still work on iOS Just because iOS doesn’t support every aspect of Progressive Web Apps…

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Native reader and writer for Standard.site on AT Protocol — monorepo containing iOS (SwiftUI), Android (Kotlin/Compose), and website (SvelteKit)

SLAP and FLOP: Apple's Lack of Full Site Isolation and iOS Browser Ban Puts Users at Risk - Open Web Advocacy

TL:DR; Yet again Apple’s ban on third-party browser engines weakens security rather than strengthens it.