Uber
The canonical low-footprint PWA case study — Uber rebuilt its entire ride-booking flow at m.uber.com to work on cheap phones and borrowed devices. Request rides, compare fares and track your driver from any browser; the standalone manifest installs it to the home screen without an app-store download.
Uber opens in a browser tab — no download.
Not sure how to add Uber to your home screen? Step-by-step for Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge — it takes about ten seconds, and there is no app store involved.
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