Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
With the Microsoft Edge web browser you can turn any website into an app for your Surface! And using Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome you can install Progressive Web Apps or PWAs quickly and easily. This is especially handy since many apps are not available in the Microsoft Store.
In fact, many apps that you'll find in the Microsoft Store, the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store are actually PWAs. So they can be installed through your browser directly without a store at all, if you know where to look.
So here is a list of Progressive Web Apps (PWA) that we've tried on our Surfaces:
Twitter - twitter.com
Outlook.com - outlook.office.com/mail/inbox
The Office App - office.com/?auth=1
Sketch.io - https://sketchpad.app/
Spotify open.spotify.com
Uber - uber.com
Pinterest - pinterest.com
Ultimate Guitar - ultimate-guitar.com
Google Photos - photos.google.com
Starbucks -app.starbucks.com
2048 Game - 2048.love2dev.com
Sound Slice - soundslice.com
Google News - news.google.com
Australian Bureau of Meteorology - https://weather.bom.gov.au/
Beyond Progressive Web Apps, here are some handy regular websites that I have installed on my Surface as an app:
Tinkercad -tinkercad.com
Kindle Cloud Reader - read.amazon.com
Your suggestions:
PWAs:
Find PWA - findpwa.com
Google Messages: messages.google.com/web/authentication
Google Maps - google.com/maps
Google Travel - google.com/travel
iHeart Radio - iheart.com
Trivago - trivago.com
Grub Hub - grubhub.com
Chrome Canvas - https://canvas.apps.chrome/YouTube Music - music.youtube.com
Snap Drop - snapdrop.net
Periodex - Table of Elements - periodex.co
Alibaba.com - https://m.alibaba.com
Financial Times - app.ft.com/stream/home
Doodle Cricket - Satya Nadella would be proud! doodlecricket.github.io/#
Websites:
Desmos.com Graphing Calculator - desmos.com/calculator
Teams - teams.microsoft.com
Slack - app.slack.com
What's App - web.whatsapp.com
Amazon - amazon.com
eBay - ebay.com
Uber Eats - ubereats.com
Door Dash - doordash.com
Deliveroo (Australia) - https://deliveroo.com.au/
Menulog (Australia) - https://www.menulog.com.au/
Let us know if there is anything to add to the list in the comments!
With the Microsoft Edge web browser you can turn any website into an app for your Surface! And using Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome you can install Progressive Web Apps or PWAs quickly and easily. This is especially handy since many apps are not available in the Microsoft Store.
In fact, many apps that you'll find in the Microsoft Store, the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store are actually PWAs. So they can be installed through your browser directly without a store at all, if you know where to look.
So here is a list of Progressive Web Apps (PWA) that we've tried on our Surfaces:
Twitter - twitter.com
Outlook.com - outlook.office.com/mail/inbox
The Office App - office.com/?auth=1
Sketch.io - https://sketchpad.app/
Spotify open.spotify.com
Uber - uber.com
Pinterest - pinterest.com
Ultimate Guitar - ultimate-guitar.com
Google Photos - photos.google.com
Starbucks -app.starbucks.com
2048 Game - 2048.love2dev.com
Sound Slice - soundslice.com
Google News - news.google.com
Australian Bureau of Meteorology - https://weather.bom.gov.au/
Beyond Progressive Web Apps, here are some handy regular websites that I have installed on my Surface as an app:
Tinkercad -tinkercad.com
Kindle Cloud Reader - read.amazon.com
Your suggestions:
PWAs:
Find PWA - findpwa.com
Google Messages: messages.google.com/web/authentication
Google Maps - google.com/maps
Google Travel - google.com/travel
iHeart Radio - iheart.com
Trivago - trivago.com
Grub Hub - grubhub.com
Chrome Canvas - https://canvas.apps.chrome/YouTube Music - music.youtube.com
Snap Drop - snapdrop.net
Periodex - Table of Elements - periodex.co
Alibaba.com - https://m.alibaba.com
Financial Times - app.ft.com/stream/home
Doodle Cricket - Satya Nadella would be proud! doodlecricket.github.io/#
Websites:
Desmos.com Graphing Calculator - desmos.com/calculator
Teams - teams.microsoft.com
Slack - app.slack.com
What's App - web.whatsapp.com
Amazon - amazon.com
eBay - ebay.com
Uber Eats - ubereats.com
Door Dash - doordash.com
Deliveroo (Australia) - https://deliveroo.com.au/
Menulog (Australia) - https://www.menulog.com.au/
Let us know if there is anything to add to the list in the comments!
