Ola ignites 'Progressive Web App'

Cab aggregator Ola on Thursday announced the launch of its "Progressive Web App" (PWA), a lightweight mobile website that offers users, especially in smaller towns and cities, an app-like experience on simple smartphones.

The company claims that it requires a fraction of the data used by native apps. Launched together with Google at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco on Thursday, PWA will enable the use of Ola platform across hundreds of cities in India and addresses a significant market opportunity of customers and driver partners.