What are the advantages of PWA conversion of website?

"Progressive web app"(PWA) is to make it possible to display and operate the mobile website in the same way as iOS, Android applications, etc. Typical web sites that support PWA include Google Maps, Twitter, and Instagram. When you read the blog posted by Mozilla, you can see the advantages of PWA conversion on the website.

Progressive Web Apps are here. What's the big deal? | The Firefox Frontier
https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/progressive-web-apps-whats-big-deal/

In the smartphone application, the capacity required for downloading and installing the application is large, which puts pressure on the storage, but since PWA uses the website like an application, it can suppress the storage capacity required for use. Moreover, it is said that you can reduce the network usage amount than downloading applications that are not used frequently. In addition, functions such as "notification from application" can also be realized by PWA, so you do not need to download applications to use these functions.

ByCheon Fong Liew

In other words, the PWA website has the potential to realize everything that only the application could do, so the major browsers including Android version Firefox are promoting PWA support, so far only by application It is said that there is a high possibility that functions that could not be added will be added more and more.

PWAService worker,HTTPS,Web application manifestTo sayWeb standardIt conforms to. A service worker is to make it possible to construct a website that operates even when the developer is not connected to the network, and furthermore, if the web application manifest is used, the user fixes the icon of the web page on the home screen You can use the website as if it were a native app. With these two, operation is possible even if you are not connected to the Internet, and by tapping the icon on the home screen, a pseudo application that can be activated is born.

ByCheon Fong Liew

comScoreAccording to the mobile application report of 2017 announced in the year, the number of users of the web is about three times as many as the number of users of the application, but far more mobile applications are used from the browser when using the application It is the result. This is because applications can provide push notifications and location information services, as well as services integrated with other applications and the web. In other words, in order for many users to use the service, it is necessary to build both mobile-compatible websites and applications, which is costly to realize. In other words, it is most effective to build one website that will do everything like PWA.

ByMichael Coghlan

Financial TimesIntroduce PWA, you can put the icon on the device's home screen, save the article and read offline. After Forbes's introduction of PWA, the user increased by 43%, and the site staying time also doubled.

In the future PWA will be able to perform cameras, data storage, GPS and motion sensors, face detection, etc. in the future, and we predict that either one will be able to perform AR and VR experiences only on the web. The future with which you can display the room with the camera of the smartphone and change the color of the wall virtually using the website tool, put furniture and try painting may not be so far.