RAYMOND OGLESBY @RaymondOglesby2
January 7, 2025 – 4 minutes read time
Overview
If you have ever been lost in the middle of a website and wished you could just get the gist without reading through the entire page, I have good news for you.
Safari gets Apple Intelligence! The iOS 18.1 update brings Safari summaries to webpages, letting you get the gist of an article quickly and clearly. This is one of the top iOS 18 Safari highlights, and it’s easy to implement. Here’s how
Why You Will Like This Tip
- iOS 18 will summarize a website for you so you can skip the scrolling.
- Enjoy a clear website summary without reading the whole thing.
- Discover quickly if the article has the information you need.
System Requirements
This tip requires an iPhone 15 Pro and later models running iOS 18.1 or later. Screenshots are from iPhone 15 Pro running iOS 18.1.1.
Click here to learn how to update your iPhone to the latest iOS version.
What is Apple Intelligence
Apple Intelligence is a suite of AI-powered tools that use your personal data to generate information and recommendations tailored to you. It’s available on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and is integrated into the core of the operating system and existing apps.
Apple Intelligence includes features like:
- Image Playground: A tool for generating cartoon-style images based on text descriptions
- Genmoji: A tool for creating emojis for any situation
- Writing Tools: Tools for enhancing your writing, including ChatGPT integration and reformatting tools like List and Table
- Priority Messages: A tool for prioritizing messages in your inbox
- Notification summaries: A tool for scanning long or stacked notifications with key details
- Reduce Interruptions: A Focus that surfaces only notifications that might need immediate attention
- Smart Reply: A tool in Mail that identifies questions you were asked in an email and offers relevant selections to include in your response
Apple Intelligence is designed to protect your privacy at every step. It’s aware of your personal information without collecting it, and it uses on-device processing and Private Cloud Compute to handle more complex requests.
Summarize a Safari Webpage
Open your webpage in Safari and tap the Page Settings button at the bottom left. Refer to the below image:
Next, tap Show Reader. See the below image:
Now, tap Summarize. See the following image:
Next, you will see the summary displayed at the top of the page in a gray box. Refer to the below image:
It’s that easy! Now, you can enjoy clear, concise summaries of the webpages you do not want to have to read through or make sure a website has the information you need before you spend ten minutes scrolling.
Disclaimer
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Quote For the Day
“Technology is a word that describes something that doesn’t work yet.”
― Douglas Adams
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