Firefox 'Shake to Summarize' Webpage Feature Uses Apple Intelligence

[MacRumors]

Firefox for iOS 26 will get a new "Shake to Summarize" feature that generates an AI summary of a webpage when iPhone users shake their device. The feature uses the on-device language models that power Apple Intelligence, but it isn't limited to iPhone 15 Pro and newer.

On older devices that don't support Apple Intelligence, the feature defaults to Mozilla's cloud-based AI, which creates a summary and then sends it back to iPhone. Here's how it works:

• Shake your device.
• Tap the thunderbolt icon in the address bar.
• Or, from the menu, tap the three dots, then tap Summarize Page.

The announcement makes Firefox one of the first major third-party apps to integrate with Apple Intelligence. The feature can be disabled to avoid unintended summaries, and it only works on webpages containing up to 5,000 words.

Firefox says Shake to Summarize starts rolling out this week in the U.S. for English-language users, with more languages and regions to follow.

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[mindctrl]

I can see it now. Confused and lazy person is frustrated by having to read a few paragraphs, shakes phone at the sky, gets a two sentence summary for their efforts.

 

[antiprotest]

How can we make something into yet another unspecified gesture instead of a simple button?

 

[Line_Noise]

When can we get a browser that strips out generated content from the experience rather than inserting it?

 

[npmacuser5]

Enough with the stuff popping up by accidental actions. The touched too long, too short, double touched, etc. AI adding to my calendar event. Very annoying. If I need a new Calendar event, more than capable to add it. If I fail to add a calendar event, a life lesson learned will happen. Apple intelligence label today Apple Annoyance.

 

[TJ82]

Thanks for the heads up, will avoid.

 

[KeepCalmPeople]

I can see it now. Confused and lazy person is frustrated by having to read a few paragraphs, shakes phone at the sky, gets a two sentence summary for their efforts.

Yup - the dumbing down of online content continues...

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Using AI to summarize articles that were probably written by AI in the first place? Sign me up.

 

[ignatius345]

Hard pass. eBay's app already has some misbegotten feature where you shake it to "report an issue". I've only ever activated it by mistake, so maybe that's the issue they want me to report.

 

[HouseLannister]

Now someone needs to make a camera app that reimagines your pictures when you shake it... so you can shake it like a polaroid picture.

 

[bradman83]

Finally! Now when I shake my phone screaming for a MacRumors article to get to the point I can have AI summarize it for me.

 

[dustin_]

i love shake to undo. imo it’s confusing for developers to use shake for anything else.

 

[dricci]

Enough with the stuff popping up by accidental actions. The touched too long, too short, double touched, etc. AI adding to my calendar event. Very annoying. If I need a new Calendar event, more than capable to add it. If I fail to add a calendar event, a life lesson learned will happen. Apple intelligence label today Apple Annoyance.

One of the things that tempts me to go back to Android is being able to have a dedicated back and home button. Not to mention the current swipe down iOS gestures - want to change settings, swipe down! No, not from anywhere, from a specific undefined corner (but don't swipe down too far because the same gesture will start cycling you through different sections!)! The dumbing down of UIs to accommodate touch has been the downfall of modern computing.

 

[Haziza]

I guess anything is better than Safari at tis point.

 

[knappeduivel]

Shake it sideways for a large summary, up and down for a suggestive summary (etc)

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Kids will only use this if it also AI generates a voice to read the summary and covers the bottom half of the screen with Subway Surfers or Minecraft parkour gameplay.

 

[turbineseaplane]

What a waste of time.

I can't imagine wanting to do this, even one single time.

 

[sbailey4]

I tried in on this thread and it came up with "Macrumors readers will hate this feature and complain about it for several pages" Wow it was spot on too! 🤣😂

 

[Bazza1]

It's like Mozilla is intentionally chasing users away from their products. On my laptop and desktop computers, I've already applied BetterFox settings to get rid of AI and other 'features' Mozilla has laden the browser with. We have no such opportunity with mobile version.

Yeah, yeah - use Safari, I hear some say. A proprietary nanny-based browser that does not serve my needs. Or Chrome - certainly not Google`s "What's yours is ours" browser, but I will admit to the occasional use of Vivaldi, a version with EU security and privacy considerations built-in.
Still, what's so hard about building a browser that just works?

 

[infomofo]

I'm surprised the app store approved this- it seems like it violates the Human Interface Guidelines- the shake action is clearly established in most apps and apple betas as a gesture to give feedback on bugs.

 

[MNWildFan]

i love shake to undo. imo it’s confusing for developers to use shake for anything else.

I do too, that is, if I don't happen to accidentally do said shaking action (which unfortunately is a semi frequent occurrence)

 

[Saturn1217]

I have never ever understood the “shake entire phone” as a gesture. I think iPhones used to (maybe still do?) support shake to undo. This always seemed horrible. Why would I want to shake my phone to intentionally do something.

Obviously in this case there are other ways to trigger the summarize action but I really hope this shake gesture isn’t making a comeback.

 

[turbineseaplane]

The only "shake the phone" thing I ever enjoyed was to roll the dice in Motion X Poker Dice

LOVED that game.
I played that for entire 2 hour flights back in late 2008-2011

 

[Baumi]

I have never ever understood the “shake entire phone” as a gesture. I think iPhones used to (maybe still do?) support shake to undo. This always seemed horrible. Why would I want to shake my phone to intentionally do something.

Agreed. Modern phones have a surprising amount of inertia thanks to their heavy batteries, and shaking them is just an unpleasant sensation.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

What a waste of time.

I can't imagine wanting to do this, even one single time.

If I got paid by the word for reading the endless droll that many/most articles are, just like the writers who get paid by the word, then maybe I could force myself to sit through paragraphs of useless information just to find the meat of the matter. I guess some people, like you, prefer to read 20 paragraphs of an article that really could have been said in 1. But then the writer wouldn't get paid much.