Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 218 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

[MacRumors]

Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed Safari Technology Preview to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the Safari browser.

Safari Technology Preview 218 includes fixes and updates for CSS, JavaScript, Lockdown Mode, Rendering, SVG, Web API, Web Extensions, Web Inspector, and WebRTC.

The current Safari Technology Preview release is compatible with machines running macOS Sonoma and macOS Sequoia, the newest version of macOS.

The Safari Technology Preview update is available through the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences or System Settings to anyone who has downloaded the browser from Apple’s website. Complete 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 it is designed for developers, it does not require a developer account to download and use.

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[Rafagon]

This is a veritable milestone. I wonder why they don't do this for iOS as well.

Maybe the new and improved iPadOS will be able to run macOS software.

 

[BatmanAtkinson]

I never understood why Apple updates their first party apps on iPhones only with the entire iOS. Why can they do that on the Mac?

 

[BatmanAtkinson]

This is a veritable milestone. I wonder why they don't do this for iOS as well.

Maybe the new and improved iPadOS will be able to run macOS software.

Exactly what I commented before.

I guess it’s:
1. (even more) planned obsolescence, so people that can’t update to the latest iOS to not have the latest apps as well,
2. API updates with each major iOS release, so that 1st party apps (except Calendar and Calculator) make use of them.