Here’s what a web app push notification will look like. | Image: Apple
Apple’s new iOS and iPadOS 16.4 betas will let Safari web apps on your homescreen send you push notifications, according to a new post on the WebKit blog.
As far back as the first iPhone, you’ve been able to add a shortcut to websites to your homescreen represented as app-like icons, but the web apps haven’t been able to send you notifications or show notification badges. With iOS and iPadOS 16.4, however, that will change.
Here’s how the push notifications will work, according to the blog post by Brady Eidson and Jen Simmons — thou...
