WICG / WICG/install-element

[Install Element] Ability to tell if the app is already installed

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Since Feb 23, 2026.

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Description

For Google Chat, it would be critical for us to be able to tell if the PWA is already installed before prompting user to install the app. An example of this would be Chat download page https://chat.google.com/download/ which shows a generic GET THE APP link, it would be nice to evaluate if the app is already installed and then show either the install journey or open journey.

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