{"id":402837,"date":"2020-05-31T10:11:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T08:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=402837"},"modified":"2020-05-31T10:11:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T08:11:05","slug":"how-to-get-the-businesstech-app-on-your-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/402837\/how-to-get-the-businesstech-app-on-your-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get the BusinessTech app on your smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a quick and easy way to add BusinessTech – South Africa’s biggest business news website – to your smartphone home screen.<\/p>\n

Android and iPhone users can get BusinessTech on their phone as a progressive web app.<\/p>\n

This allows you to quickly open BusinessTech like you would an app, without having to use a web browser and navigate to the site.<\/p>\n

The progressive web app provides many benefits, while remaining lightweight and not taking up much storage space – it is well under 1MB in size.<\/p>\n

Users also do not have to create an account or sign in to use the app – it is completely free to use and gives you full access to BusinessTech.<\/p>\n

As stated by Google,<\/strong><\/a> progressive web apps provide an experience users love, combining the latest web features with native-like app capabilities and reliability.<\/p>\n

To get the BusinessTech progressive web app, follows the steps below.<\/p>\n

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Android<\/h3>\n

When on the BusinessTech site in your Chrome browser, tap on the top right overflow button (three vertical dots) and select Add to Home Screen.<\/p>\n

It is as simple as that – the site will now join other apps on your home screen.<\/p>\n

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iOS<\/h3>\n

On your iPhone, open BusinessTech in the Safari browser.<\/p>\n

At the bottom of the screen on the browser toolbar, tap the Share button (rectangle with the arrow pointing upward).<\/p>\n

You then tap the Add to Home Screen option.<\/p>\n

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