The most dramatic change on the iPhone was the relocation of the address and search bar from the top of the screen to the bottom, a tweak designed to make Safari easier to use on the phone one-handed.
The Safari redesign has gone through several changes throughout the recent beta releases on all platforms (and especially on iOS and iPadOS). (It has done that with some prior releases when macOS came after iOS, too.) Nonetheless, Apple appears to have decided to push the Safari update separately to keep the experience consistent across platforms in the meantime. The updates were timed closely with the release of new iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch models.īut last week's product launch event didn't include Macs, which are expected to get some more focused attention by the end of the year, alongside an announcement about the release date of macOS Monterey. Further Reading Apple releases iOS 15 with Focus mode and moreApple released major software updates for all of its platforms except macOS on Monday.
