You can now summarize web pages on Safari with a new AI feature
Apple Intelligence features are finally coming to supported iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices with the company’s latest developer beta update. Starting Monday, users on iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 developer betas could gain access to features like contextual awareness in Siri, automatic movie creation in the Photos app, writing tools, and more. The Safari browser also received the AI-powered Summarise feature, which provides short summaries of web pages and articles.
Safari browser gets AI summary feature
The new Apple Intelligence features were mentioned in the company’s press release release notesThe AI-powered Summarise feature was also released in an early preview version and was the first spotted by 9to5Mac. According to the publication, the feature is accessible in Safari’s Reader mode.
When users are in Reader mode on Safari, they will now reportedly see a Summarise button at the top of the page, accompanied by the new Apple Intelligence logo. Tapping the button will reportedly cause an animation to appear on the screen that scans the contents of the page. The animation will reportedly be seen with a purple Apple Intelligence glow.
The scan reportedly takes just a few seconds before the summary is generated. The publication found the feature on the iPhone 15 Pro, the M4-powered iPad Pro, and the MacBook Air with the M1 chipset. The summary is said to appear at the top of the page on the iPhone, while it appears in a sidebar on the iPad and Mac. Gadgets 360 was unable to verify the feature.
Apple Intelligence Features
In addition to Summarise, several other Apple Intelligence features were also previewed in the iOS 18.1 developer beta update. According to a report, Siri now has contextual awareness and can answer questions and perform tasks even when asked in vague language. The user interface is also getting a new design.
The Photos app has reportedly gotten a new AI feature and can now create movies using the Memory Movie option. The feature works with text prompts, allowing users to customize the movie to their liking. Writing Tools has also reportedly made its debut and users can now use the feature across various first-party apps to proofread text with spelling and grammar checks. They can also rewrite text in different tones.
