Lack of features in the Unreal Forums PWA (Progressive web app)

Hi everyone, I really love the new Epic Forums and I’ve been using it a lot since the UE5 official release, and I noticed a problem with android devices if you decide to “pin it” to the launcher home page.

Here’s an example of what I am talking about, many browser features are gone:

  • No forward button (I use it a lot on mobile)
  • No share button (you can use the one in single posts but it’s not the same)
  • No find in page (this is critical for me)
  • No translate option (I’m not a native English speaker, and despite my C1 Level sometimes I need to translate words to Italian or read posts that are not in english)
  • No read aloud (this is a feature of edge that I use when I don’t feel like reading, it’s a nice to have imho)

Is there a way to just save a shortcut to the forums instead of installing the web app?
I tried using the default Samsung browser, Chrome and Edge but the result is the same.

Thank you in advance!

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