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What are Safari Tab Groups and how to share them on iOS 16

Apple introduced tab groups in ios 15. with ios 16, you now have to ability to share them with your peers.

Apple introduced Safari Tab Groups to the iPhone last year with the release of iOS 15 . The feature allowed users to group multiple Safari Tabs together and create a new tab group, which could be synced to the cloud, giving you access to your tab groups on other Apple devices, like a MacBook, or iPad, for example.

Now, with iOS 16 , Apple is adding the ability to share Tab Groups, making research and collaboration among peers easier. Once shared, your peers can add tabs of their own to the group, and the same will reflect for you as well. So whether you’re working on a group project for school, or planning a trip abroad with your friends, everyone with the Shared Tab Group can contribute towards research visible to all.

Firstly, let’s go over how you can create tab groups on Safari on iPhone:

• Open Safari and click on the ‘Tabs’ on the bottom right.
• Tap on the middle bar that mentions how many tabs you currently have open.
• Tap on ‘New Empty Tab Group’ and name it whatever you’d like. In my case, I named it “iOS 16 Tips.”

Check out the screenshots below for visual cues:

From there on, you can continue your research, and whenever you stumble upon a page that you think would fit in the tab group you created, long press the page URL, tap on ‘Move to Tab Group’ and select whatever you named your Tab Group. When multiple pages are added to the Tab Group, it should look a little something like the last screenshot below:

What you’ve read up until now can be done with devices running iOS 15. iOS 16, however, as mentioned above, iOS 16 adds the ability to share these tabs with your peers. All you need to do is open the Tab Group, tap the ‘Share’ button on the top right and select the person to share the Tab Group with.

Once shared, you’ll notice that the share button has been replaced with the profile image of the person you shared the Tab Group with. By tapping their profile icon, you can manage the shared Tab Group and add/remove people from it.

Check screenshots below for visual cues:

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How to Customize Safari Start Pages for Each Tab Group in iOS 16

With the advent of iOS 16, there are now more options than ever for customizing your Safari browsing experience with Tab Groups. I’ll walk you through how to pin tabs in groups and how to set unique Start Page backgrounds and favorites.

While Tab Groups are not new to iOS 16 (and if you've never used the feature before, I'd suggest checking out our guide on creating Tab Groups in Safari first) the big update to iOS does bring some new options for customizing them to your personal tastes and give us some new ways to help make them visually distinct from one another. For more guides like on utilizing the various features of your Apple devices, be sure to sign up for our free Tip of the Day newsletter .

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The first thing I did when when customizing my various Tab Groups was try to make them instantly recognizable visually. This is pretty easy to do, but the menu for doing it is in a spot that is a little hard to find.

Favorites is also a crucial part of a Tab Group, and they are added in almost the exact same way as you would add a favorite normally.

With iOS 16, you can also now pin tabs to specific Tab Groups.  You can use this feature to make sure that certain page you use all the time stay open, but only within the Tab Group they're relevant to.

For now, these are the only ways to customize your Tab Groups Start Pages individually and while these are still useful, personally I'm hoping we'll be able to do more in the future, such as having unique sets of options for each Start Page.

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Safari’s controversial design changes in iOS 15 are the thing of the past. With iOS 16, Apple is going for a more straightforward approach. No big visual updates, but some new features to boost collaboration, convenience, and security.

Tab groups were a great addition to Safari last year, allowing users to define collections of tabs for different uses. Great if you like to keep your home and work browsing separate, or if you’re the sort of person who tends to open dozens of websites researching a project and needs a way to organize them.

Reminder: to create a tab group, first press the tabs button in the bottom right of Safari to see all your open tabs. At the bottom of the screen, you’ll either see the number of tabs currently open, or the name of the tab group if you have some set up already. Tap this and hit New Empty Tab Group . Come back to this menu any time you want to switch to another group.

Tab groups have been improved in a number of ways with iOS 16. You can now set distinct pinned tabs for each group, meaning you can keep important tabs to the top of each group view for easy access. Every group now has a dedicated start page, too – along with its own set of favorites and (if you like) a custom background.

But perhaps the biggest change here is the addition of shared tab groups. That means if you’re collaborating on something with others, you can all contribute links to a set group of websites. To share a tab group, tap the share icon in the top right, choose who you’d like to join the party and invite them via Messages .  Alternatively, long-press a group’s name from the Tab Groups section and choose Share from the pop-up menu. Changes made by one person will update instantly on all other devices.

This is a small change, but a welcome one. In iOS 16, Safari extensions you install on one Apple device will sync to your others automatically. That means if you’re installing a password manager, ad blocker, or any other kind of extension, you only have to do it once.

You can see all your extensions, including those on other devices that haven’t synced yet, from Settings > Safari > Extensions . If you don’t like this functionality, simple toggle off Share Across Devices from this menu.

Apple’s password-less future comes a step closer with the addition of Passkeys to Safari. These will allow you to log into compatible websites with Face ID or Touch ID, without ever creating or remembering a traditional password. That means your details can’t be leaked or stolen, and no more “I forgot my password” shenanigans!

You can read more about Passkeys and how they work right here.

Adoption for Passkeys won’t happen overnight, and in the meantime Apple has improved iCloud Keychain. Now, if you ask Safari to auto-generate a strong password, you can tweak a few settings to ensure the password meets the website’s security requirements. You can even request one that’s easy to type.

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Safari in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura , announced at WWDC ’22 , both feature a significant upgrade to Safari Tab Groups, which were introduced in iOS 15 and macOS Monterey. This new feature lets users share and collaborate on tab groups with iMessage, so multiple users can add to the tab group, remove tabs from the tab group and more.

Let’s take a look at how you can utilize Safari Tab Group collaboration for your team to keep up with documentation and other online websites to keep the entire team in sync with one another. Note: The tips in this article relate to iOS 16, currently in beta. The final version of iOS 16 is expected to be released in Fall 2022.

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Creating a Tab Group

To create a new Safari Tab Group, open Safari, and tap the tab button. Then, select the center disclosure button to open the Tab Group details.

Select New Empty Tab Group, and give it a name ( Figure A ).

Add new tabs to this group by tapping and holding on the tab button on a website. Then select Move to Tab Group, and select the tab group you’d like to move the tab into.

Collaborating on a Tab Group

To begin sharing a tab group and collaborating on the tabs contained within, you must first share the group with individual people (or a group of people) via iMessage. Do this by opening Safari, tapping the tab button and selecting the center disclosure button to open the Tab Group details.

Select the tab group you’d like to share, then select the center disclosure button to open the Tab Group details for the selected tab group.

Select the share button beside of the tab group name, and message the invite to another user. ( Figure B )

Once a user has accepted your invite to join the tab group, they can begin adding tabs to the group, and they will be reflected in the tab group for every user you’ve shared the group with. This is great for keep track of information for a group project.

Removing sharing for Tab Groups

Once you’ve begun sharing tab groups with others, you can manage the users who have access, or you can stop sharing the tab group altogether in the tab group settings. To get to these settings, open Safari, tap the tab button, and select the center disclosure button to open the Tab Group details.

Tap the Collaboration button beside the tab group name, then Manage Shared Tab Group. A menu will appear that will let you manage the users and other share settings ( Figure C ).

Select Stop Sharing to completely stop sharing the tab group, or select individual users to stop sharing with (only users who’ve accepted your invite will show up). You can also add new users by sending the link, which can be copied from this view.

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How to use Tab Groups in Safari on iPhone, iPad and Mac

Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac has a Tab Group feature that makes it easy to manage several tabs. This is helpful while researching multiple things or just wanting to keep things organized. Let me tell you more about it and show you how to use Tab Groups in Safari on iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey, and above.

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How to use Tab Groups in Safari on iPhone and iPad

The Safari Tab Groups come with various features. Since there’s a lot, let’s look at each feature available for Tab Groups in Safari on iPhone and iPad.

Make a Tab Group in Safari

• Launch the new Safari tab and tap the two-square icon . You may also swipe up from the redesigned bottom address bar.
• Tap Start Page . (If you have tabs open, you will see the number of tabs . Tap on it.)
• Tap New Empty Tab Group to create a Tab Group with a single empty tab (the Safari start page). You can open or add tabs to it later.
• Tap New Tab Group from [number] Tabs to create a Tab Group with all the currently open Safari tabs.

Tip : Swipe left or right on the lower address bar to switch among different group tabs (webpages).

Add or move a Safari tab to another Tab Group

• Inside Safari, tap the two-square icon at the bottom right or swipe up from the address bar. You will see all the open tabs as thumbnails.
• Long-press a thumbnail and tap Move to Tab Group .

Arrange Safari tabs in a Tab Group

• Tap the two-square icon from the bottom right of Safari.
• Long-press any tab thumbnail.

Close a Tab Group in Safari

• Make sure one of the tabs from a Tab Group is open in Safari.

• Additionally : You may also tap the two-square icon or swipe up from the address bar. Next, long-press Done and tap Close All [number] Tabs .

Rename a Safari Tab Group

• Tap the two-square icon from Safari’s bottom right.
• Tap what is written in the middle of the address bar to see your Tab Groups.
• Long-press a Tab Group and choose Rename . Or swipe right to left on a Tab Group name and tap the edit icon (pencil icon).

Share Tab Groups in Safari

• Open Safari .
• Select the Tab Group you want to share. 
• Tap the Share button . 

From here, you can select where you want to share the Tab Groups.

Pin tabs in Safari on iPhone with iOS 16

This is a feature that can be a lifesaver if you are someone who has lots of Safari tabs running. You can pin the most important tabs to save time. 

• Open Safari and tap the Tabs icon. 
• Tap and hold the tab to pin. 
• Select Pin Tab. 
• Pin the tabs you want to, and then tap Done . 

Create favorites within Safari Tab Groups

• Open the Safari Tab Group . 
• Open Start Page or create a new one.
• Scroll down and tap Edit  
• Toggle on Tab Group Favorites . 
• Exit the page. 

Now, whenever you create a new Start page in the Tab Groups, you will see the favorite Tab Groups. 

Delete a Tab Group in Safari on iPhone

• Tap the two-square icon on Safari’s bottom right.
• Tap the text in the middle of the address bar.
• Long-press a Tab Group and tap Delete . Or, swipe right to left and tap the red trash icon .

How to use Tab Groups in Safari on Mac

Just like the Safari Tab Groups available for iPhone and iPad, the Safari app on your Mac also has some cool features. So let’s check them out.

Create a Tab Group in Safari

• Launch the Safari app and click the Sidebar icon at the top left.
• Click New Empty Tab Group .
• If you have a few tabs open, click New Tab Group with [number] Tabs .

Rename a Tab Group in Safari

• Click the Sidebar icon at Safari’s top left.
• Right-click the desired Tab Group and choose Rename . You can also click the three dots next to the Tab Group on Ventura to select Rename.  
• Enter the new name of your choice. This will help you keep Tab Groups organized and labeled.

Move Safari tabs from one Tab Group to another in macOS

• Right-click the tab and choose Move to Tab Group .
• Next, select one of the other Tab Groups.
• If you select Start Page, it moves the tab to standard non-grouped tabs.

Rearrange Safari Tab Groups

• Click the Sidebar icon from the top left to see the Tab Groups.
• Click and hold one of the Tab Groups and drag it up or down to the desired spot.

View all tabs of a Tab Group in a gridview

Wondering how you can see all the tabs of a group in grid view? Here’s how.

• Click the Sidebar icon at the top left to see the Tab Groups.
• Right-click one of the Tab Groups and choose Show Tab Overview .
• Or, click the grid icon (four tiny squares). For Ventura, Click two squares .

Delete a Safari Tab Group in macOS

• Click the Sidebar icon from Safari’s top left.
• Right-click a Tab Group and choose Delete .
• Important : All open tabs of this group will close too.

This is how you can use Tab Groups in Safari on different Apple devices in the latest version of their respective operating systems. I hope this guide was helpful, and now you have no trouble using this new feature. If you need further assistance, drop your concern in the comments, and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

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Shortcuts gains powerful Find Tabs action for Safari, more in second public beta

Finally, a way to deal with all of those tabs you have open.

On Thursday, Apple released iOS 16 public beta 2, which includes a set of new actions for the Shortcuts app that work with Safari, Mail, and Reminders. These actions include Find Tabs, Find Tab Groups, Find Bookmarks, Open Bookmarks, Find Reading Lists, Open Reading List Items, Search Mail, Open Mailbox, Open Smart List, Create Reminders List, and Search Reminders. 

These 11 actions come in addition to the 46 actions added in the first public beta , bringing the total up to 67 new actions coming to iOS 16 .

Here’s a little more about what each of these new actions does.

The new actions for Safari in iOS 16 are extremely powerful, and perhaps the most significant actions that Shortcuts has gotten in some time. 

For the first time, Shortcuts can interact with all of the open tabs in the Safari app using the Find Tabs action. This action pulls all of the currently open tabs in the active tab group and brings them into the Shortcuts app, letting users extract the title and URLs from each and use them in their workflows.

With an action like this, Shortcuts users can create flows to save all of their open tabs into notes for later from their favorite iPads , for example.

In the current implementation, the Find Tabs action is a bit confusing because it seems to be missing some filter options, like picking from a tab group. I expect Apple will update this action in future releases with more parameters.

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Shortcuts also now has actions for Find Bookmarks and Open Bookmarks, as well as Find Reading Lists and Opening Reading List Items.

In the current beta, however, these actions also seem to be missing filter options that would make them more functional. Users can only retrieve all items or filter by title or URL, but these are missing options to filter by bookmark folder or by date, for example.

Also, for reference, Safari is receiving substantial updates for Shortcuts users in iOS 16, so these actions will all be great additions to the set of Safari actions added in the first public beta . 

The Mail app received two new actions in the second public beta: Search Mail and Open Mailbox.

Search Mail enables Shortcuts users to fill out a query in the Shortcuts app and have it passed into the Mail search field, taking advantage of the much-improved search capabilities coming to Mail in iOS 16 .

Open Mailbox is also super useful because it enables users to jump directly to a specific inbox, section of a mailbox, or folder in the app. Users can make shortcuts to jump to places like their VIP or Flagged inboxes, a specific account folder, or places like Gmail tags that are synced over as folders when using Mail.

The Reminders app also got new actions for Open Smart List, Search Reminders, and Create Reminders List.

The ability to open smart lists is great because it works with filters like the Today View or the All Reminders view. However, this action is missing the ability to open to your own smart lists, so you can't currently open to them to take advantage of any advanced tagging features. Like many of these actions, I expect this to get updated in future betas.

Reminders can also now accept a query, then filter the results based on what you searched for using Shortcuts. With Create List, you can also pre-program in a title for a new list in Reminders.

These reactions also build off of the set that became available in iOS 15, which added functionality like creating tags or adding them to Reminders.

Getting ready for a big iOS 16 release

The second public beta continues to pack in functionality to Shortcuts for the iOS 16 release. The expanded capabilities in Safari are extremely useful and very welcome, and the sets for Mail and Reminders round out the basic capabilities that should be available in each of those apps.

Currently, the new Books app actions that were present in the earlier developer betas are still not available in the public betas — perhaps we’ll see those in the next few releases. Plus, as I mentioned above, there are some areas in this current set of actions that appear incomplete or could use more functionality. Hopefully, we see those changes before iOS 16 launches.

Despite some flaws, it feels like Safari's deeper functionality is another signal for more powerful actions that could come to other apps as well. Adding the ability to Find Mail Messages would be extremely useful too, for example.

Stay tuned for more coverage of new actions in future releases of Shortcuts, and if you’re not on the beta train, check out our latest story on how to get started with Shortcuts for Apple Watch .

Matthew Cassinelli is a writer, podcaster, video producer, and Shortcuts creator. After working on the Workflow app before it was acquired by Apple and turned into Shortcuts, Matthew now shares about how to use Shortcuts and how to get things done with Apple technology.

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Organize your tabs with Tab Groups in Safari on iPhone

Create a new Tab Group

Touch and hold a tab, then choose Move to Tab Group.

Tap New Tab Group, enter a name, then tap Move.

Reorder tabs in a Tab Group

Touch and hold a tab in the Tab Group.

In the menu that appears, tap Arrange Tabs By, then choose an option.

Or, just drag the tab to where you want it.

Rename a Tab Group

Tap Rename, enter a name, then tap Save.

Pin a tab at the top of a Tab Group

You can customize your Tab Groups with pinned tabs in each group. The pinned tab stays at the top of the Tab Group.

Touch and hold the tab you want to pin.

In the menu that appears, tap Pin Tab.

Move a tab to another Tab Group

Choose one of the Tab Groups you created previously, or create a new group.

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Apple Releases Safari 16 With Tab Group Start Pages, Cross-Device Syncing for Website Settings, Strong Password Updates and More

Apple today released Safari 16, with the new update bringing some macOS Ventura features to macOS Monterey and macOS Big Sur while we wait for the October launch of the new operating system.

Safari 16 introduces new features, even faster performance, and improved security, such as: - Tab Group start pages let you add different background images and favorites for each Tab Group - Pinned tabs in Tab Groups enable you to pin frequently visited websites for each Tab Group - Tabs in the sidebar let you see a list view of your open tabs - Settings you've set for specific websites now sync across devices - Strong password editing lets you adjust strong passwords to meet website-specific requirements - Some features may not be available for all regions, or on all Apple devices.

The update also addresses several WebKit vulnerabilities that could track users through web extensions, lead to arbitrary code execution, and lead to UI spoofing. None of these vulnerabilities were known to have been actively exploited, but it is still worth updating to the new browser to get the Safari 16 functions.

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Honest question: why does Apple always provide older versions of macOS with the most recent Safari, but not any other app? Why the exception for Safari? They could just include it in a regular macOS update instead of separating it.

Safari is sadly chromium based

Reason for lack of extensions is the $100 a year cost for the Apple Developer Program. Chrome lets you publish with a one time $5 fee while the Edge, Firefox and Opera stores are free. But Apple has made it easy to convert a Chrome extension to a Safari one with a simple terminal command.

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iOS 18 Safari — biggest new features for your iPhone

Highlights and a redesigned Reader add some smarts to Safari on your iPhone

Safari, Apple's built-in web browser across its different devices, won't get a radical overhaul as part of iOS 18 . But even just two big changes to the iPhone's default browser hint at Apple's larger strategy of leaning into machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Both major additions to Safari in iOS 18 promise to skim web pages and pull out the details you need. The idea, explains Beth Dakin, Apple's senior manager of Safari software engineering, in Apple's WWDC 2024 video is to offer "easier ways to discover content and streamline your browsing."

Even better, while the new Safari features do turn to machine learning, they're not part of the Apple Intelligence capabilities being introduced across Apple devices later this year. That means Safari's improvements will be available on more phones than just the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max , plus whatever iPhone 16 models come out later this fall.

With that in mind, here's what to expect from iOS 18 Safari once you upgrade to the new iPhone software, whether that's when the full version comes out later this year or Apple makes the iOS 18 public beta available in July.

iOS 18 Safari: Highlights

Think of Highlights, the biggest of the two improvements to iOS 18 Safari, as a kind of hyper-focused summary tool. Instead of merely summarizing what's on the page, though, Highlights uses machine intelligence to identify the key bits on information on a particular page and calls them out in a pop-up window as you browse. 

An example Apple uses throughout its iOS 18 preview shows a web page for a hotel where Highlights has called up a window showing the hotel's location on a map, plus quick links for driving directions or placing a call to the hotel. Other examples of Highlights include Wikipedia summaries of a person, playback links for songs, or summarized reviews for a movie or TV show.

It's unclear from Apple's demo whether Highlights appear automatically in Safari, or if you need to tap a button to get the Highlights window to pop-up. Footnotes on Apple's iOS 18 summary page indicate that the feature will only work with U.S. English sites, at least initially.

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iOS 18 Safari: Reader

The Reader tool in iOS 18 Safari also picks up some summarization skills, giving you the opportunity to read a quick overview of a web page when you switch to Reader mode. Reader takes things a step further by generating a table of contents for a web article that lets you see how a page is organized. Presumably, you'll also be able to jump to specific sections of the article.

Galaxy AI tools on board the best Samsung phones add summarization features, so it's good to see them get baked into iOS 18 as well. A concise summary of a web page that you've stumbled upon can give you a better idea of what an article is about, while a table of contents can help you more easily drill down to the parts of a topic that interest you.

The summarization tools in Reader appear to be limited to English in the initial iOS 18 release, though regional support is far more extensive. Besides the U.S., Apple promises availability in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and the U.K.

Other Safari changes beyond the iPhone

Safari is available across Apple's different platforms, and there are some improvements coming to the web browser that are available for Safari on other devices. Specifically, Mac users who upgrade to macOS Sequoia will get a new way of watching web-based videos with a new Video Viewer that automatically detects when there's video on a page. Video Viewer breaks that out into a separate window with its own playback controls; click away, and the viewer becomes a separate picture-in-picture window.

Along with the Highlights and Reader additions, Safari on macOS Sequoia also promises performance improvements. In fact, Apple says the updated Mac version will be the world's fastest browser, with up to four hours more battery life than Google's Chrome browser on streaming video.

iOS 18 Safari outlook

Safari's seen more substantial changes in previous iOS updates, but that's not to dismiss the importance of what Apple's doing in iOS 18. With both Highlights and Reader leaning heavily on machine learning to power their new summary tools, iOS 18 Safari offers a taste of what Apple hopes to deliver throughout the iPhone, only without the stringent system requirements that the Apple Intelligence features demand.

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Explore a internet com velocidade extremamente rápida, proteções de privacidade poderosas e opções de personalização robustas. Com o Safari, você pode navegar em sites, traduzir páginas web e acessar suas abas no iOS, iPadOS e macOS. Recursos • Senhas, favoritos, histórico, abas e mais são sincronizados facilmente entre o iPhone, iPad e Mac • O modo de Navegação Privada não salva seu histórico e mantém sua navegação em privacidade • A Prevenção Inteligente Contra Rastreamento evita que rastreadores sigam você nos sites que visita • Com os Grupos de Abas você pode salvar e organizar suas abas, além de acessá-las no iOS, iPadOS e macOS • Perfis ajudam a separar o histórico de navegação, dados de sites e outros, separados por tópicos como trabalho e pessoal • Use os Grupos de Abas Compartilhados para compartilhar abas e colaborar com amigos e familiares • As extensões permitem personalizar o Safari e adicionar ainda mais funcionalidades ao navegador • O Leitor formata artigos para facilitar a leitura sem anúncios, navegação ou outros itens que causam distração • O Relatório de Privacidade mostra rastreadores conhecidos que foram impedidos de rastrear você • A Lista de Leitura salva artigos para ler depois • A Busca por Voz permite pesquisar na web usando apenas sua voz • A tradução de páginas web converte páginas inteiras em outros idiomas diretamente no navegador • O Handoff passa automaticamente o que você está fazendo no Safari de um dispositivo para outro • O recurso Adicionar à Tela de Início permite abrir rapidamente um site ou app web a partir da Tela de Início

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Safari não conecta ao web.whatsapp

Estou tentando utilizar o web WhatsApp no iPad, mas não estou conseguindo. A mensagem que aparece é que o Safari precisa ser atualizado. Estou utilizando a última versão do iPadOS, versão 15.7.

Não abre o WhatsApp web

Após atualizar o sistema iOS para a versão 15.7 hoje, não consigo mais acessar o WhatsApp web. Aparece uma mensagem dizendo que preciso atualizar o Safari para a versão 11.

Safari não reproduz vídeos

Meu app não reproduz vídeos tela fica preta porém o áudio roda normalmente, alguma solicitação?

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

The new Reader options on iPhone

Apple has announced that Safari 's Reader mode, where all website distractions are removed so that you can read articles more easily, will be getting two specific updates. They are an automatic summary of an article, and also a contents page for longer ones — both done by Apple Intelligence.

There is no Apple Intelligence in the first developer beta of any of Apple's OSes, but Safari's Reader mode has been improved. While AppleInsider will revisit Reader after Apple Intelligence arrives, there are already new benefits to the feature including quicker access to options.

What Reader does in Safari

On a website that chiefly has articles or text on it, you can turn on Safari's Reader mode. This switches to a view of the web page that aimed to provide solely the text and images, no ads or videos, no pop-ups, and so on.

What hasn't changed, and can't, is that this is Safari's best attempt at cutting out distractions for you. Depending on the site, it may fail to work at all, for instance.

Or commonly it will show what appears to be a complete website page, but the site has really split its article up over many more pages.

The Apple Intelligence summary and contents page is going to be an attempt to address some of these issues.

But for now, Apple has made going into Reader mode quicker, and made it easier to customize what you see when you're in it.

What's new in Reader on macOS Sequoia

• Browse to a website in Safari
• Click the new icon to the left in the address bar
• Click on Show Reader from the short pop-up menu

That short menu also includes the ability to change the zoom percentage on text, and to alter some website settings. It's also got the option tofind items on the page, though it's not clear why this is Find where the same function on iPhone and iPad is Search .

Once you've chosen Show Reader , you can click again on that new icon in the address bar. This now gives you a longer drop-down that adds font and page color options.

What's new in Reader on iOS 18 and iPadOS 18

• In Safari for iPhone or iPad, go to any primarily text-based website
• Tap the new icon in the address bar
• Choose Show Reader
• Tap the same address bar icon again
• Use Reader's new controls for font, size, color
• Or use Search within Reader

The font option is a further drop-down list on iPad and iPhone, while as with the Mac , the choice of color is a series of four buttons. There's white, sepia, gray, and black, and tapping on any of those changes the whole look of the page.

Also in this dropdown, there is now a Listen to Page option. Tap that to hear Siri read out all of the text.

Reader search and settings

Search and font size controls are now buttons in the top row of the drop-down menu on the iPhone and iPad. There's also an ellipses icon in that row, which gets you many more options.

Most of those are to do with Safari features, such as adding to favorites. But if you scroll toward the bottom, there is also an option called Use Reader Automatically .

If there is a site that you are forever turning to Reader mode to escape an ad barrage, turn this on. Whenever you visit this site, it will solely show you articles in Reader mode.

Note, though, that it does this with articles. You'll still see the normal view of a page like a news site's headlines one.

The last option that is always available, is Hide Reader . This turns off the feature and returns you to the original view of the site.

There is one more thing, which is only on the iPhone. It's called Manage Extensions, and will allow you to turn on or off an Safari extensions you have installed.

Those could include ad blockers, for instance, which might make a page more readable without going into Reader mode.

All of this sounds like a brute-force way to stop websites being paid by advertisers. When the site is so overloaded with pop-ups that it's hard to read, though, this will help.

It should also help with screen-readers for visually impaired readers.

Plus the forthcoming Apple Intelligence features like summarizing the page will mean you can determine quicker whether this is a site you want to read.

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