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Ditch websites for PWAs

Progressive web apps – or PWAs for short – provide a way to access your favourite websites without opening your browser, whether you’re using your desktop PC or your phone or tablet. By converting websites into apps, PWAs give you the best of both worlds, and they’re currently being touted by Google – with support from Microsoft – as the future of the web.

As with traditional PC and mobile apps, you can launch PWAs from your desktop or home screen, but they have the additional benefits of working offline and taking up very little space. Most browsers now support them and an increasing number of websites offer PWA functionality. Here we’ll explain how

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