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I'd say it's the answer to Google play Instant.

https://developer.android.com/topic/google-play-instant

I wouldn't say it's the answer - it's a different take, and I suspect it will be executed really well. The UI looks intuitive.

App Clips will potentially be revolutionary in terms of app adoption. It's hard enough to get people to install your apps.

Now if you have a real life item pushing you in that direction, offering you a light weight app to start off with, it's SO much easier. I'm super excited about App Clips.

It seems like a way to let people not install an app. If there's always an app clip available, why bother installing? Many apps don't need to keep the audience engaged all that time - that's what apps are good at - with annoying notifications and all. If you are a parking meter provider, you don't care about that. You just want people to be able to pay you quickly.

This is used so rarely, in my experience, that it's jarring on first use but overall a good experience. Usually I find the web interface fine or good enough for how often I use it and move on.

Once I liked the Instant version so well I got the actual app. For things I do regularly and can be 100% via web, it is nice to see a better implementation via an app and install it.

Actually might be closer to the The Google Pay Spot Platform instead, which supports PWA:

https://developers.google.com/pay/spot

https://youtu.be/-YAy4M8ZiR8

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