Running the beta on my Air M3, Is it Just me, or is Safari MUCH improved. It actually feels like a desktop browser now. The google apps suite and gmail run perfectly.
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Safari on iPadOS 26
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Honnestly it feels the same as ipadOS 18 for me and that was already good. What kind of changes that make you believe its suddenly much better than before?
Safari is trying to act more like a desktop browser. The bones are there but it has a long way to go.
Running on Pro 11 M4.
I do not run Google apps or Gmail on it.
Running on Pro 11 M4.
I do not run Google apps or Gmail on it.
They can put all the menu bars and traffic light controls they want into the OS but as long as Safari is still a mobile browser the iPad is still not a real computer.
One annoyance gone: The tabs do not automatically disappear when scrolling down.
Two crazy issues atm …
1. It won’t let me turn off Glass on the lockscreen. I can customize it and next time it’s back.
2. Apps are forgetting the last size and open up anywhere from full screen to something smaller.
1. It won’t let me turn off Glass on the lockscreen. I can customize it and next time it’s back.
2. Apps are forgetting the last size and open up anywhere from full screen to something smaller.
I've noticed this on a few webpages that are normally finicky with hovering and clicking on links/buttons. Hard to describe but feels quite a bit better. Get the feeling actually that its related more to cursor control (no clue though).
Wait! Just to be absolutely certain: Do you mean the tabs and toolbar, etc. stay visible while scrolling a web page? ‘Cause I’ve been wanting this for years (it made no sense to collapse these on a 12.9” iPad or external monitor).
If you have a 13-inch and use desktop mode in Safari the majority of the time it won’t do that. With anything other than the 13-inch I think websites get confused because of the resolution it sees when it fingerprints your device…Mini is especially prone to it regardless of mobile or desktop version.
Yes, and I saw there is a setting to turn this on or off as well.
I don’t know if it’s me but for real, not joking, Safari feels snappier. It actually opens websites, reloads them and especially goes back to the previous one, faster. Maybe they cut the animation time or something I don’t know.
My one gripe thus far is it now takes 2 taps to close a tab. Whereas before you could just tap X and close with one tap.
No X appears when you have a single tab open. You have to tap the button to see all tabs and press the X in that view.
It’s probably a bug.
Running into issues where a link will open the app (ex: Maps) but will not execute.
Was looking for nearest location of a restaurant and all it would open is the NA Map. I could manually go into Maps and lookup - worked well.
Was looking for nearest location of a restaurant and all it would open is the NA Map. I could manually go into Maps and lookup - worked well.
Is there any way to turn this off btw, a favour webpage setting? It is annoying clicking a link and then getting thrown into a different app
Thanks. Yeah, maybe I’m just weird but I always close out of tabs when I’m done so I only ever have one tab open at a time. So us “1-tabbers” can no longer close down that tab as quickly as before.
Safari's favorite bar (web sights shortcuts) not workin on my iPad & iPhone in IOS 26. Does work on MAC Mini.
Miss the x on the single tab pages.
Miss the x on the single tab pages.
Ran into a Safari isssue …..
Was watching the Xfinity race on YouTube TV on my iPad.
Placed YTTV in pip and opened Safari to check on a driver stat. Safari opened, froze, and locked up the iPad.
Had to force restart the iPad. Was able to replicate 2 more times.
Watched the race and looked up the info on my Edge.
At the time of the freeze, I got panic-full entries written to Analytics and Data. It appears to be Springboard and Driver issue, not specifically Safari or YTTV.
Was watching the Xfinity race on YouTube TV on my iPad.
Placed YTTV in pip and opened Safari to check on a driver stat. Safari opened, froze, and locked up the iPad.
Had to force restart the iPad. Was able to replicate 2 more times.
Watched the race and looked up the info on my Edge.
At the time of the freeze, I got panic-full entries written to Analytics and Data. It appears to be Springboard and Driver issue, not specifically Safari or YTTV.
Favourites bar can’t be clicked on when you dont have more than a single window open, open a new tab and you can click it. This and the app swiping made me go back to18.5.
Same for me and if you long hold on the favorites bar you can grab the tab title, so for sure it’s a bug like the tab is on top of the favorites bar. Hope that they will fix it in the next beta, because it’s driving me crazy. Already submitted a ticked in the Feedback app as well with screen recording of the issue, if you want you can do the same and reference my ticket FB18253172.
People can laugh at this all they want, but it's true. There are plenty of extra things you could accomplish with just an iPad if Safari behaved like a full desktop browser. Any time I get curious and start trying to do actual work on my iPad, it breaks down at the point where a website I simply have to use for my job just doesn't function correctly on Safari. It's got nothing to do with screen size or hardware, but simply the iPad version of Safari failing to work properly with the website.