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YouTube Now Offers a Web App When Loading the Website
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https://news.softpedia.com/news/youtube-...pd_related      YouTube Now Offers a Web App When Loading the Website
Google becomes more committed to web apps
Jan 24, 2021 18:25 GMT  ·  By Bogdan Popa    YouTube is the most recent Google service providing users with a web app, as the search giant is becoming more and more committed to offering all of its products as PWAs.

As reported by ChromeUnboxed, some users who load the official YouTube websites are now being asked to install the YouTube app in their browsers.

It’s believed this feature is now rolling out to all users out there, though in my case, the PWA prompt was only shown in Google Chrome – however, you can also install the PWA in other browsers manually, including Microsoft Edge.

Offline support incoming?
PWAs seem to be the next big thing on the web, and at one point, they’ve been considered the only way to deal with the lack of apps on some platforms.

Microsoft itself bet big on web apps for dealing with the lack of apps on its modern operating systems, though right now, the debut of the Chromium Microsoft Edge brings Windows 10 on par with any other platform when it comes to PWAs.

According to the cited source, one of the big features Google might be working for the YouTube PWA could be offline support, something the company has already introduced for the Google Calendar web app for Workspace users.

Up until now, the YouTube web app has been gradually offered to users, so with this recent update, it’s believed the rollout has reached the point when it’s broadly available to anyone.

On Windows 10, web apps can be easily pinned to the taskbar and accessed with just one click, and this of course deals with the lack of a native YouTube app on the operating system. The PWA offers the same functionality as the main YouTube website and loads in the browser you typically use on the web.
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