Saoiray
November 5, 2024, 11:42pm
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@czar1611 You could still change settings in brave://flags as mentioned.
This advice fixes it and makes it the same as chrome’s “Install page as App”
I think its just a flag that Brave has to switch by default to fix this
flip this flag to make it work like the latest google chrome where you can install any app as a PWA
brave://flags/#web-app-universal-install
Brave actually has heard the complaints and is rolling out a fix. It looks to be on Nightly first and will make its way to Release. I’m just not sure of the ETA before it’s the default option again.
opened 05:13PM - 27 Aug 24 UTC
closed 09:56AM - 04 Nov 24 UTC
bug
QA/Yes
release-notes/exclude
feature/pwa
OS/Desktop
parity
### Description
At some point, PWA behavior between Chrome and Brave changed an… d they are no longer parity with one another. This is the case in a couple ways:
**Create Shortcut =/= Install as app**
I believe these options used to essentially do the same thing, however, Chrome now has both `Create shortcut` (which seems to create a shortcut on your [desktop] that points to the site) and `Install page as app` which installs the site as a PWA.
**Chrome supports more sites**
While Brave does support this option for _some_ sites but showing the `Install as app` icon in the address bar, Brave now supports far less sites than Chrome does with respect to PWAs, including popular/widely used ones like all the Google Services, as well as other sites one might expect support for (search engines like duckduckgo, Wikipedia, Steam, ChatGPT, Twitch, for example).
**Open as window**
While the `Open as window` option has been removed for both brave and Chrome — however, when a PWA is created and opened in Chrome, the site does in fact open in its own, separate window/instance. In Brave, the PWA just opens the site a new tab in the browser.
### Steps to reproduce
N/A
### Actual result
PWAs not supported for all sites or expected sites
### Expected result
PWA should parity behavior with Chrome
### Reproduces how often
Easily reproduced
### Brave version (brave://version info)
v1.69.153
### Channel information
- [X] release (stable)
- [X] beta
- [X] nightly
### Reproducibility
- [ ] with Brave Shields disabled
- [ ] with Brave Rewards disabled
- [ ] in the latest version of Chrome
### Miscellaneous information
https://community.brave.com/t/open-as-window-option-gone-aug-26th-2024/565232/12
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