# Add your PWA to home screen

> Learn how to add a Progressive Web App (PWA) to your home screen on mobile devices like Android and iOS Chrome. Understand browser compatibility issues associated with PWAs.

https://docs.pandasuite.com/essentials/web-publishing/add-your-pwa-to-home-screen/

**One of the advantages of the Progressive Web App is the possibility to add a shortcut from the home screen.**

Here is how to add the PWA shortcut on the home screen of a mobile device (for Android and iOS Chrome):

> **Info**
>
> To learn more about PWA, we recommend this article from our blog [What is a
> Progressive Web App ?](https://pandasuite.com/blog/progressive-web-app/)

## Add to home screen

Click on the URL and open the PWA from a mobile device.

[Image: PWA open in Chrome on an Android smartphone, first step before adding it to the home screen]

Go to Chrome menu and choose **Add to home screen**

[Image: Chrome menu open on Android, with the Add to home screen option highlighted]

Choose a name.

[Image: Add to home screen dialog on Android with the shortcut name NoChronology, ready to confirm with Add]

The icon appears on the home screen. The PWA is available offline.

[Image: Android home screen with the NoChronology PWA icon in the top left corner]

## Browser compatibility

Adding the PWA to the home screen depends on the device and the browser:

| Device            | How to add the PWA                                                                                                      |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Android           | Chrome and Samsung Internet install it as an app. Firefox, Edge, and Opera add a shortcut that opens it in the browser. |
| iPhone and iPad   | **Share** > **Add to Home Screen**: in Safari, and also in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox from iOS 16.4.                     |
| Mac               | Safari 17 and later (macOS Sonoma): **File** > **Add to Dock**. Chrome and Edge can also install it.                    |
| Windows and Linux | Chrome and Edge can install it. Firefox cannot install a PWA.                                                           |

To work offline, the PWA relies on service workers. Every browser that can run a PandaSuite web app supports them:

| Browser                                              | Compatible version                  |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| Chrome (desktop and Android)                         | 87 and later                        |
| Edge                                                 | 88 and later                        |
| Firefox (desktop and Android)                        | 78 and later                        |
| Safari (macOS, iOS, and iPadOS)                      | 14 and later                        |
| Browser built into another app, on Android (WebView) | Android System WebView 87 and later |
| Browser built into another app, on iPhone or iPad    | Usually not supported               |
| Internet Explorer                                    | Not supported                       |

These are the minimum versions of the web app itself: see [HTML5 compatibility](https://docs.pandasuite.com/essentials/web-publishing/html-5-compatibility/). On iPhone and iPad, a web app opened from a link in another app (messaging, social network...) often opens in that app's built-in browser, which does not run service workers: open it in the device's browser instead.