Apple has announced that Safari’s Reader mode, in which all distractions are removed from online pages so you can read articles more easily, will get two quick updates. This is an automatic summary of an article, as well as a content page for longer articles. , either done through Apple Intelligence.
There’s no Apple Intelligence in the first beta from developers of any of Apple’s operating systems, but Safari’s Player mode has been improved. Although AppleInsider will return to Reader after Apple Intelligence arrives, there are already new benefits to this feature, adding faster options. .
On a website that typically contains articles or text, you can turn on Safari Reader mode. This changes to a web page view meant to offer only text and images, no classified ads or videos, no pop-ups, etc.
What hasn’t changed, and can’t change, is that this is Safari’s most productive attempt to get rid of distractions. Depending on the site, it may not work at all, for example.
Or, normally, it will show what appears to be an entire page of a website, but the site has split your article into many other pages.
The Apple Intelligence summary and content page will fix some of those issues.
But for now, Apple has sped up the transfer to Player mode and made it less difficult to customize what you see when you’re there.
This short menu also includes the ability to replace the percentage of zoom in the text and replace some settings of the inline page. It also has the ability to search for parts on the page, the explanation of why it is Search is not clear, where the same ones are served as on iPhone and iPad is Search.
Once you have selected Show Reader, you can click this new icon again in the face bar. This now gives you a longer drop-down list that adds font and page color options.
The font option is a drop-down list on iPad and iPhone, whereas, just like on Mac, the color selection is a series of 4 buttons. There’s white, sepia, gray, and black, and tapping on any of those settings gives you the overall look. on the page.
Also in this drop-down list, there is now a Listen Page option. Tap it to hear Siri hear all the text.
The search and font length controls are now buttons in the most sensitive row of the drop-down menu on iPhone and iPad. There’s also an ellipses icon on this line, giving you a lot more options.
Most of them are about Safari features, such as adding to favorites, but if you scroll down, an option called Use Reader Automatically also appears.
If there’s a site where you’re using Player Mode to escape an ad barrier, turn it on. Every time you stop at this site, it will only show you articles in Reader mode.
Keep in mind, however, that it does with items. You’ll still see a page view, like the headlines on a news site.
The last option available is Hide Drive. This disables the feature and takes you back to the original site view.
There’s one more thing that exists on the iPhone. It’s called Manage Extensions, and it will allow you to enable or disable any Safari extensions you’ve installed.
These may only come with ad blockers, for example, which can make a page more readable without switching to Reader mode.
This all sounds like a brutal way to prevent your websites from getting paid through advertisers. When you’re so overloaded with pop-ups that it’s hard to read, this can come in handy.
This also helps with screen readers for visually impaired readers.
Plus, upcoming Apple Intelligence features like the page summary will make it easier for you if it’s a site you need to read.