WWDC21: iOS Platform Upgraded, but What About the Web?

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Now it’s time to explore this year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), held as a virtual event earlier this month.

One never knows what to expect in regards to web initiatives from Apple.

Then Federighi introduced what was perhaps of most interest to developers in this keynote: Safari web extensions for iOS.

But a key difference is that in terms of distribution (for the developer) and installation (for the user), a Safari web extension is a type of iOS app. It’s important to understand that for Safari, web extensions are parts of apps,” explained David Quesada, an engineer on the Safari team, in a separate WWDC presentation.

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