The power of mobile web browsers

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Live demo shows which mobile-browser APIs actually access phone hardware: Generic Sensor API (accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light), camera via getUserMedia, Web Bluetooth (GATT battery service), Gamepad API, Network Information, Push/Notification, and the vibration API used to play a melody. Demos run on attendees’ devices over HTTPS, succeed mostly on Chrome/Android, fail or are limited on iOS; about 90 devices report support matrix and a surprising deviceMemory cap (8 GB). Demo app and repo links provided.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:32Introduction
3. 1:10What is PWACE
4. 1:39What are the major points
5. 1:57Speed
6. 2:30Engagement
7. 3:05Web or Native
8. 4:08PWA vs Native
9. 4:45PWA
10. 5:20The main part
11. 6:55What devices
12. 9:17Network type
13. 13:52Browsers
14. 19:25Gamepad API
15. 20:50Bluetooth API
16. 22:00Media Devices
17. 24:04Navigator Shell

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