The first iteration of Apple Intelligence is now in users’ hands. New betas for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 have brought a subset of AI features in an early preview version. One such feature arrives in Apple’s browser, Safari.
Here’s how iOS 18.1 infuses Safari with AI to provide webpage summaries.
Safari summaries in the improved Reader mode
Safari’s Reader mode gets multiple new features this year. There’s a table of contents feature for pages containing headings and subheadings. And Reader is also where the new Apple Intelligence-powered page summaries live.
When you open Reader view in iOS 18.1, there’s a new ‘Summarize’ button at the top. It’s flanked by the Apple Intelligence logo.
Hit the button, and an animation will appear to scan the contents of the page with a purple Apple Intelligence glow.
In my testing, this scan only ever took a second or two. Summaries were delivered very quickly across every…
Source 9to5mac.com