Both AMP and PWA have benefits, But if your website is mainly focusing on heavy contents then AMP will be perfect. This sounds good for sites that are mainly focusing on heavy contents. But if you have an e-commerce website, you should never ignore PWA that gives your website the feel of a mobile app in a device. But seeing the current requirement of the market, PWA will be a wise choice. As it helps in improving engagements and experience and not merely on loading contents more faster.

2. TOPICS:-
● What is PWA?
● What is AMP?
● Difference between PWA and AMP
● Features of PWA
● Pros of PWA
● Cons of PWA
● Features of AMP
● Pros of AMP
● Cons of AMP
● Which one to choose between PWA and AMP
● Why Mobiloitte?

3. What is PWA?
● PWA (Progressive Web Apps) are the web pages that look like mobile apps, Having similar
interactions and navigations.
● These are the advanced form of responsive web apps with additional features of apps.
● These allow users to make use of the latest features supported by modern browsers in their
mobile responsive website, to give an app like experience on the mobile web.
● In simple words take the example of Flipkart.com or Amazon.com. From the first look of the
site, it feels like you have opened the app, But it’s not the app which you have installed in the
smartphone, It’s just the PWA.

4. What is AMP?
● These are open source platforms created on JavaScript and approved by Google letting
faster loading of the page than the regular HTML.
● This is just a method of building web pages for static contents, which makes easy for
publishers to publish fast mobile-friendly contents.
● The main focus of AMP is to improve the page-loading performance and browsing experience
of a website on a mobile device.
● According to Google, AMP aims to improve the performance of the mobile web having rich
contents like video, animations, as well as graphics to work alongside with smart-ads.

5. Difference between PWA and AMP:-
● AMP helps in reducing the page load time whereas PWA updates pages as soon as possible
to make users surf and experience a mobile-app-like-websites without any interruption.
● AMP contains streamlined CSS and standardized JavaScripts whereas, PWA contains
services workers, web app manifest, App shell etc.
● AMP is particularly suited for static contents like blogging websites, Articles websites, News
publishing sites and many other heavy content sites. PWA is best suited for e-commerce
websites, as PWA enables sites to look and feel like mobile apps.

6. Features of PWA:-
● These are responsive and compatible with any kind of device. Devices like mobile, desktop,
tablets and many others.
● PWA is very progressive which means it can work for all users irrespective of their browser
choices.
● It has a good connectivity option. It can work offline or even when it is a poor network
connection.
● These have faster loading time with App shell.
● PWA is very secure as they are accessed via https to ensure safety and to prevent spying.
● These can be easily shared with URLs and doesn’t require any installation.

7. Pros of PWA:-
● PWA don’t require any app updates or installations.
● These don’t require any separate code base.
● These are fast and quick loading regardless of the network quality, It can be easily used in
the Offline condition.
● These are responsive as well as progressive and can be easily shared and linked.
● These are the best replacement for native apps. The user can use this if they don’t have
enough resources.
● PWA can provide maximized reach and also helps in increasing engagements with very less
development effort.

8. Cons of PWA:-
● Not each and every device supports the entire software functionality. There are some issues
in Android PWA and in iOS also. Issues like the notifications and shortcut prompting on the
home screen are not supported.
● Simple features like making a call, Sending SMS/MMS, reading voicemails, getting the user’s
phone number and some other issues also come sometimes in the PWA.
● Sometimes the issue of some sensors not working properly comes in PWA.
● Cross app logins are also not supported.

9. Features of AMP:-
● Lower page load time and speeding up the website.
● It helps in enhancing the mobile SEO and rankings in mobile devices.
● AMP aims to improve the performance of the mobile web having rich contents like video,
animations, as well as graphics to work alongside with smart-ads.

10. Pros of AMP:-
● The web pages get easily cached and loaded.
● The page loading time decreases to less than 1 second, which gives 4 times faster page
loading ability.
● These support all ad formats.
● Pages using valid AMP versions will be shown as a preview above the other results in the
mobile search results for the topic. Due to this many Publishers with the latest AMP versions
can easily make their content visible on the front page.

11. Cons of AMP:-
● No Javascript allowed expecting an off-the-shell AMP Library.
● No tracking of user activity on AMP pages.
● These are not suitable for e-commerce sites.
● AMP can’t help in enhancing the search engine rankings.

12. Which one to choose between PWA and
AMP?
● Both AMP and PWA have benefits, But if your website is mainly focusing on heavy contents
then AMP will be perfect. This sounds good for sites that are mainly focusing on heavy
contents. But if you have an e-commerce website, you should never ignore PWA that gives
your website the feel of a mobile app in a device.
● But seeing the current requirement of the market, PWA will be a wise choice. As it helps in
improving engagements and experience and not merely on loading contents more faster.

13. Why Mobiloitte?
● Mobiloitte, One of the best and the top mobile and web app development company in India,
helps the clients in developing PWA according to their website.
● We are one of the leading mobile app development as well as web app development company
in India.
● We can help you in developing both PWA and AMP, according to your choice.