diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/BUILD.bazel b/packages/angular/cli/BUILD.bazel
index 84d6152df57a..20b1b6529b60 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/BUILD.bazel
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ ts_library(
         "@npm//@types/uuid",
         "@npm//ansi-colors",
         "@npm//jsonc-parser",
+        "@npm//ora",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/commands/add-impl.ts b/packages/angular/cli/commands/add-impl.ts
index 5e1da5855055..79d0c6155cc5 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/commands/add-impl.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/commands/add-impl.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   fetchPackageManifest,
   fetchPackageMetadata,
 } from '../utilities/package-metadata';
+import { Spinner } from '../utilities/spinner';
 import { Schema as AddCommandSchema } from './add';
 
 const npa = require('npm-package-arg');
@@ -79,12 +80,18 @@ export class AddCommand extends SchematicCommand<AddCommandSchema> {
       }
     }
 
+    const spinner = new Spinner();
+
+    spinner.start('Determining package manager...');
     const packageManager = await getPackageManager(this.context.root);
     const usingYarn = packageManager === PackageManager.Yarn;
+    spinner.info(`Using package manager: ${colors.grey(packageManager)}`);
 
     if (packageIdentifier.type === 'tag' && !packageIdentifier.rawSpec) {
       // only package name provided; search for viable version
       // plus special cases for packages that did not have peer deps setup
+      spinner.start('Searching for compatible package version...');
+
       let packageMetadata;
       try {
         packageMetadata = await fetchPackageMetadata(packageIdentifier.name, this.logger, {
@@ -93,7 +100,7 @@ export class AddCommand extends SchematicCommand<AddCommandSchema> {
           verbose: options.verbose,
         });
       } catch (e) {
-        this.logger.error('Unable to fetch package metadata: ' + e.message);
+        spinner.fail('Unable to load package information from registry: ' + e.message);
 
         return 1;
       }
@@ -111,7 +118,10 @@ export class AddCommand extends SchematicCommand<AddCommandSchema> {
           ) {
             packageIdentifier = npa.resolve('@angular/pwa', '0.12');
           }
+        } else {
+          packageIdentifier = npa.resolve(latestManifest.name, latestManifest.version);
         }
+        spinner.succeed(`Found compatible package version: ${colors.grey(packageIdentifier)}.`);
       } else if (!latestManifest || (await this.hasMismatchedPeer(latestManifest))) {
         // 'latest' is invalid so search for most recent matching package
         const versionManifests = Object.values(packageMetadata.versions).filter(
@@ -129,10 +139,14 @@ export class AddCommand extends SchematicCommand<AddCommandSchema> {
         }
 
         if (!newIdentifier) {
-          this.logger.warn("Unable to find compatible package.  Using 'latest'.");
+          spinner.warn("Unable to find compatible package.  Using 'latest'.");
         } else {
           packageIdentifier = newIdentifier;
+          spinner.succeed(`Found compatible package version: ${colors.grey(packageIdentifier)}.`);
         }
+      } else {
+        packageIdentifier = npa.resolve(latestManifest.name, latestManifest.version);
+        spinner.succeed(`Found compatible package version: ${colors.grey(packageIdentifier)}.`);
       }
     }
 
@@ -140,6 +154,7 @@ export class AddCommand extends SchematicCommand<AddCommandSchema> {
     let savePackage: NgAddSaveDepedency | undefined;
 
     try {
+      spinner.start('Loading package information from registry...');
       const manifest = await fetchPackageManifest(packageIdentifier, this.logger, {
         registry: options.registry,
         verbose: options.verbose,
@@ -150,41 +165,51 @@ export class AddCommand extends SchematicCommand<AddCommandSchema> {
       collectionName = manifest.name;
 
       if (await this.hasMismatchedPeer(manifest)) {
-        this.logger.warn(
+        spinner.warn(
           'Package has unmet peer dependencies. Adding the package may not succeed.',
         );
+      } else {
+        spinner.succeed(`Package information loaded.`);
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      this.logger.error('Unable to fetch package manifest: ' + e.message);
+      spinner.fail(`Unable to fetch package information for '${packageIdentifier}': ${e.message}`);
 
       return 1;
     }
 
-    if (savePackage === false) {
-      // Temporary packages are located in a different directory
-      // Hence we need to resolve them using the temp path
-      const tempPath = installTempPackage(
-        packageIdentifier.raw,
-        this.logger,
-        packageManager,
-        options.registry ? [`--registry="${options.registry}"`] : undefined,
-      );
-      const resolvedCollectionPath = require.resolve(
-        join(collectionName, 'package.json'),
-        {
-          paths: [tempPath],
-        },
-      );
+    try {
+      spinner.start('Installing package...');
+      if (savePackage === false) {
+        // Temporary packages are located in a different directory
+        // Hence we need to resolve them using the temp path
+        const tempPath = installTempPackage(
+          packageIdentifier.raw,
+          undefined,
+          packageManager,
+          options.registry ? [`--registry="${options.registry}"`] : undefined,
+        );
+        const resolvedCollectionPath = require.resolve(
+          join(collectionName, 'package.json'),
+          {
+            paths: [tempPath],
+          },
+        );
 
-      collectionName = dirname(resolvedCollectionPath);
-    } else {
-      installPackage(
-        packageIdentifier.raw,
-        this.logger,
-        packageManager,
-        savePackage,
-        options.registry ? [`--registry="${options.registry}"`] : undefined,
-      );
+        collectionName = dirname(resolvedCollectionPath);
+      } else {
+        installPackage(
+          packageIdentifier.raw,
+          undefined,
+          packageManager,
+          savePackage,
+          options.registry ? [`--registry="${options.registry}"`] : undefined,
+        );
+      }
+      spinner.succeed('Package successfully installed.');
+    } catch (error) {
+      spinner.fail(`Package installation failed: ${error.message}`);
+
+      return 1;
     }
 
     return this.executeSchematic(collectionName, options['--']);
diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/package.json b/packages/angular/cli/package.json
index 1a3ceabe0ccd..6bbc9fec3507 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "npm-package-arg": "8.1.0",
     "npm-pick-manifest": "6.1.0",
     "open": "7.3.1",
+    "ora": "5.3.0",
     "pacote": "11.2.3",
     "resolve": "1.19.0",
     "rimraf": "3.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/utilities/install-package.ts b/packages/angular/cli/utilities/install-package.ts
index a4862a3966b3..047a682cd9f7 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/utilities/install-package.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/utilities/install-package.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ interface PackageManagerOptions {
 
 export function installPackage(
   packageName: string,
-  logger: logging.Logger,
+  logger: logging.Logger | undefined,
   packageManager: PackageManager = PackageManager.Npm,
   save: Exclude<NgAddSaveDepedency, false> = true,
   extraArgs: string[] = [],
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function installPackage(
     packageManagerArgs.silent,
   ];
 
-  logger.info(colors.green(`Installing packages for tooling via ${packageManager}.`));
+  logger?.info(colors.green(`Installing packages for tooling via ${packageManager}.`));
 
   if (save === 'devDependencies') {
     installArgs.push(packageManagerArgs.saveDev);
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ export function installPackage(
     throw new Error(errorMessage + `Package install failed${errorMessage ? ', see above' : ''}.`);
   }
 
-  logger.info(colors.green(`Installed packages for tooling via ${packageManager}.`));
+  logger?.info(colors.green(`Installed packages for tooling via ${packageManager}.`));
 }
 
 export function installTempPackage(
   packageName: string,
-  logger: logging.Logger,
+  logger: logging.Logger | undefined,
   packageManager: PackageManager = PackageManager.Npm,
   extraArgs?: string[],
 ): string {
diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/utilities/spinner.ts b/packages/angular/cli/utilities/spinner.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7b8d8550662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/utilities/spinner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import * as ora from 'ora';
+import { colors } from './color';
+
+export class Spinner {
+  private readonly spinner: ora.Ora;
+
+  /** When false, only fail messages will be displayed. */
+  enabled = true;
+
+  constructor(text?: string) {
+    this.spinner = ora({
+      text,
+      // The below 2 options are needed because otherwise CTRL+C will be delayed
+      // when the underlying process is sync.
+      hideCursor: false,
+      discardStdin: false,
+    });
+  }
+
+  set text(text: string) {
+    this.spinner.text = text;
+  }
+
+  succeed(text?: string): void {
+    if (this.enabled) {
+      this.spinner.succeed(text);
+    }
+  }
+
+  info(text?: string): void {
+    this.spinner.info(text);
+  }
+
+  fail(text?: string): void {
+    this.spinner.fail(text && colors.redBright(text));
+  }
+
+  warn(text?: string): void {
+    this.spinner.fail(text && colors.yellowBright(text));
+  }
+
+  stop(): void {
+    this.spinner.stop();
+  }
+
+  start(text?: string): void {
+    if (this.enabled) {
+      this.spinner.start(text);
+    }
+  }
+}