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Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 126 With macOS Monterey Features

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Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed the Safari Technology Preview to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari.

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The current Safari Technology Preview release is built on the new Safari 15 update included in macOS Monterey, and as such, it includes several Safari 15 features. There's a new streamlined tab bar with support for Tab Groups to organize tabs, along with improved support for Safari Web Extensions.

Live Text allows users to select and interact with text in images on the web, but the macOS Monterey beta and an M1 Mac is required. There's also Quick Notes support for adding links and Safari highlights to remember important information and ideas.

Other updates include WebGL 2 and new HTML, CSS, and JavaScript features.

The new Safari Technology Preview update is available for both macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey, the newest version of the Mac operating system that's set to release this fall.

The Safari Technology Preview update is available through the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences to anyone who has downloaded the browser. Full release notes for the update are available on the Safari Technology Preview website.

Apple's aim with Safari Technology Preview is to gather feedback from developers and users on its browser development process. Safari Technology Preview can run side-by-side with the existing Safari browser and while designed for developers, it does not require a developer account to download.

Article Link: Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 126 With macOS Monterey Features
 
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I'm on Big Sur but wanted to try out the new Safari design and all I can say is that it's awesome 🔥🔥
One small downside is that I disabled "Show full website address" because it makes every tab small.
 
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GubbyMan said:
I'm on Big Sur but wanted to try out the new Safari design and all I can say is that it's awesome 🔥🔥
One small downside is that I disabled "Show full website address" because it makes every tab small.
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This was disabled by default for me.

I like how the new tabs blend with the webpage but I'm not sold on having page titles rather than website names – e.g. The Guardian website shows as 'News, sport and...' and not Guardian/The Guardian. If you have multiple tabs open, it may not be obvious which one you want to go to.

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Do you have the option of stopping the tab bar from changing colors based on the website you’re on? I’d find that very distracting.
 
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Ugh, maybe I'm going to grow to like this, but right now:

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