Learn about five new APIs that have recently been shipped from Project Fugu to help developers build full-featured apps on the web.

The web platform has remained attractive to both software developers, product owners, and stakeholders alike because of its reach and universal access. Powerful web apps work everywhere regardless of device type or operating system. Now, when combined with the PWA sauce, web apps get the added benefits of offline access, alongside other capabilities that were previously only possible on native platforms.

Despite the fact that PWAs have come a long way since they were popularized by Google in 2015, there’s still a long way to go. In order to continually bridge the gap between what’s possible on the web versus on native, Google, Microsoft, Intel, and some other corporations came together to initiate, “The Web Capabilities Project” or what is commonly known as Project Fugu, with one goal:

Web apps should be able to do anything native apps can

In this article, we’ll learn about five new APIs that have recently been shipped from Project Fugu to help developers build full-featured apps on the web.

• Contact API
• Web Share Target API
• App Shortcuts API
• Badging API
• Screen Wake Lock API

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