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Now Apple says it won’t disable iPhone web apps in the EU


iPhone web apps aren’t going anywhere.

By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. In an update to a developer support page spotted by 9to5Mac, Apple says it will “continue to offer the existing Home Screen web apps capability in the EU” in iOS 17.4. Apple confirmed its plans to drop iOS web apps in the EU in February, a move that would severely limit their functionality by preventing them from sending push notifications and storing data.

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