Safari

Hitchcock-style flying camera ad promotes Safari's privacy protections

Apple has launched a new ad campaign promoting Safari, touting its security and privacy features that thwart online trackers better than other web browsers.

Malcolm Owen | 8 months ago

How to change your default browser in macOS Sonoma

Not everybody wants to use Safari, the Mac's default web browser, but switching completely to another one looks difficult — until you know how.

Bon Adamson | 9 months ago

Safari's Reader mode is improved in iOS 18, even without Apple Intelligence

The headline Apple Intelligence improvements to Safari's Reader mode on iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia are not available yet, but the feature has still been updated.

William Gallagher | 9 months ago

How to take a full-page screenshot on iPhone

It's surprisingly simple to capture a long web page in a single screenshot on your iPhone or iPad, and edit it to hold just the information you want.

Charles Martin | 9 months ago

Safari 18 includes a new Highlights feature for summarizing articles and more

On Monday, Apple announced a new Safari feature called Highlights for iOS 18, which uses machine learning to generate summaries and isolate other helpful information about a webpage.

Marko Zivkovic | 9 months ago

Apple to unveil AI-enabled Safari browser alongside new operating systems

Apple is testing a version of its Safari web browser that includes UI tweaks, advanced content blocking features, and a new AI-powered tool dubbed Intelligent Search, AppleInsider has learned.

Marko Zivkovic | 10 months ago

UK newspapers tell Apple its 'web eraser' will put journalism at risk

Following AppleInsider's discovery that Safari will add the ability to selectively turn off online ads, UK newspaper groups have complained to Apple.

William Gallagher | 10 months ago

Browser developers gripe about Apple promoting them in the EU

EU iPhone owners now get shown a list of browsers instead of solely launching Safari, but some of the firms behind those other browsers think it's terrible how users are being told about them.

William Gallagher | 11 months ago

How to organize Safari tabs using tab groups in iPadOS 17

Safari tab groups have been in iPadOS for several years, and can really help you organize pages you've browsed. Here's how to use them in iPadOS 17.

Chip Loder | 11 months ago

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The Browser Company poaches Apple Safari design team member

The creators of Arc, a browser promising to browse for you with AI tools, have hired Charlie Deets, who was formerly one of two designers on the Apple Safari team.

Wesley Hilliard | 1 year ago

How to enable WebXR support on Apple Vision Pro

While turned off by default, Apple Vision Pro users can still use WebXR to enjoy browser-based mixed-reality experiences with the headset. Here's how to turn that support on.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

'Strong action' is coming if the EU doesn't like Apple's App Store concessions

A European Commissioner has laid down the law, and has declared that Apple will be the target of "strong action" if its compliance with the Digital Markets Act isn't enough.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

Which browsers can be set to default for EU users in iOS 17.4

As part of what the European Union is requiring as part of the Digital Markets Act, Apple is allowing browsers other than Safari to be set as a default in iOS 17.4. Here's what can be chosen.

William Gallagher | 1 year ago

Browsers like Chrome and Firefox can abandon WebKit in EU with iOS 17.4

EU regulations in the Digital Markets Act have forced Apple to allow full versions of third-party browsers on iPhone, and Apple isn't happy.

Wesley Hilliard | 1 year ago

Apple insists to EU antitrust regulators that it runs five App Stores, not one

Apple's November challenge against the EU's Digital Markets Act says the European Commission got it wrong by saying there's only one App Store, when there's actually five.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

How to use Siri to read a web page in iOS 17

In the latest iOS 17 update, Apple has introduced an enhanced Siri feature that allows the virtual assistant to read web articles aloud. Here's how to get started.

Andrew Orr | 1 year ago

Cook wanted Apple and Google to be 'deep, deep partners'

Apple CEO Tim Cook talked to Google CEO Sundar Pichai about the tech giants working together in 2018, Google's ongoing antitrust trial revealed, with notes revealing a willingness on both sides to make the deal work.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

Google paid 36% of Safari search revenue to Apple

Apple's search deal with Google is very lucrative to the company, a court witness claims, with the iPhone maker said to receive about 36% of the revenue generated from Safari search result advertising.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

Apple told EU regulators it has three browsers, all called Safari

In one of its efforts to avoid exceeding user thresholds and so having to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act, Apple has tried to claim it has three separate Safari browsers.

William Gallagher | 1 year ago

Apple deal makes Google "seamless and easy" to use — CEO

Google CEO Sundar Pichai told the US Federal court overseeing his company's antitrust case that Google's deal with Apple makes it "very, very seamless and easy for users to use our services."