In iOS 26, every website you add to your iPhone's Home Screen opens as a web app by default, but you can change it to open as a regular bookmark instead.
iOS 26: Safari opens every bookmark added to the Home Screen as a web app
Web Apps
Apple Maps on the web now works in Safari on iPhone and iPad
The Apple Maps web app now works in Apple's Safari browser on the iPhone and iPad, in addition to Mac and Windows computers like before.
Apple Music Classical now has a web player with spatial audio and lossless hires audio
Apple Music Classical gained a web player to stream classical works in a browser, with a new exclusive recording available for a limited time to celebrate the launch.
Apple Maps on the web gains Google Street View-like Look Around feature
The Apple Maps web app now supports Look Around, a Google Street View-like feature that provides high-resolution ground imagery.
Apple updates iCloud.com with Dark Mode & improvements to web apps
Apple just this week pushed a somewhat major update to its iCloud.com website – the one place on the internet where Apple device users can access their iCloud data and information even when they aren’t using an Apple device at that very moment.
Apple Maps launches a web app in public beta
Apple Maps is taking on Google Maps by releasing a web app that can be used in a mobile or desktop browser instead of the native app.
Apple backtracks, saying Home Screen web apps in the EU are here to stay
Apple’s iOS 17.4 software won’t prevent people in Europe from saving progressive web apps to the Home Screen of their iPhones after all.
Apple has spitefully crippled iPhone web apps in Europe, and now competition regulators in Brussels are investigating
Apple has intentionally crippled iPhone web apps in Europe, and now competition regulators in Brussels are taking a closer look at the user-hostile move.
Microsoft Lists now available as a free preview on iPhone, iPad and the web
The free Microsoft Lists task management app enables you to quickly and easily track information and organize your work on an iPhone, iPad and the web.
How to turn a website into a web app on Mac
Learn how to turn any website in Safari into a proper web app that you can open on your Mac straight from the Dock or Launchpad.
How to create unique iPhone wallpapers from your personalized Memoji, Genmoji, and stickers
Give your iPhone's Lock Screen and Home Screen a unique look by creating wallpapers from your personalized Memoji, Genmoji, and photo stickers instead of using the same old emoticons.
New Safari features will make iPhone web apps feel more like native apps
Apple's Safari browser in iOS and iPadOS 16.4 is gaining support for features like web push notifications, making iPhone web apps work more like native apps.