Google Chrome is set to enhance the installation experience of web apps with a new design that resembles the familiar Play Store cards used to install Android apps. This development is a significant improvement from the current rudimentary installation process that shows a small app icon and an option to add to the home screen.

Richer UI install card now available for Chrome Web App

The new “Richer Install UI” is a card that slides up from the bottom of the screen, featuring an icon preview, app description, and screenshots. This way, users can easily understand the capabilities of the web app before installing it. The new prompt is available for desktop and mobile versions of Chrome, with the desktop prompt docked to the address bar.

Google Chrome richer installation UI

Web apps offer a more flexible interface than Android apps and take up less space in device storage, making them a viable alternative for new and emerging form factors like foldables. Services like Twitter and Instagram have web apps that are better suited to larger screens, providing a more seamless user experience than their native counterparts.

This development is expected to encourage more developers to work on web apps that are more compatible with big screens, making them more mainstream. The new installation prompt is compatible with Chrome 94 and above on mobile and Chrome 108 and above on desktop, giving users with older versions of Chrome access to the improved installation process.

Google Chrome’s efforts to enhance the installation process of web apps will undoubtedly make them more accessible to users and encourage the development of more compatible and flexible web apps. Google also has implemented a new Instance Switcher feature for Google Chrome on Android that allows for seamless multitasking between different tabs and instances, making mobile browsing more efficient than ever.

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