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Oliver Haslam

Apple's Vision Pro headset might not support Progressive Web Apps at launch, limiting website functionality via Safari

Vision Pro home screen.

Apple's Vision Pro headset will finally go on sale on February 2 and it's already available for preorder. But even as we get closer and closer to the spatial computing headset's launch we continue to learn new things about what it can — and cannot — do. Expectations are understandably high for the headset, and all eyes will be on early adopters to see how things shake out. But a new report suggests that there could be one glaring omission in terms of the visionOS day one feature set.

According to that report, the Vision Pro might not support Progressive Web Apps, or PWA, when it launches next month. A PWA is a website that can be treated almost like a real app on certain devices, including iPhones. When you tap "Add to Home Screen" in Safari, the icon that is then added to your iPhone is a PWA. And that allows for some specific features including the ability to receive notifications and run without a stable internet connection — two things that standard websites cannot offer.

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