Apple releases new Safari Technology Preview with macOS Monterey features
- The new preview browser is available on macOS Big Sur and newer.
- It includes many macOS Monterey features like the streamlined tab bar and live text on the web.
- Users can download the update now from Apple’s developer website.
Today, Apple released a new update for Safari Technology Preview to anyone interested in testing the build before it is released this fall. Since 2016, Safari Technology Preview has been a way for Apple to test new builds of Safari with a smaller group before releasing them to the general public.
This preview build brings some of the upcoming macOS Monterey Safari features to macOS Big Sur and the macOS Monterey developer beta. Today’s new version is available to all Mac users running at least macOS Big Sur, and it has a build number of 126.
Apple’s release notes for this Safari Technology Preview:
Streamlined tab bar. Use Tab Groups to save and organize your tabs. Experience the new design. Test your site. Experiment with theme-color.
Live Text. Select and interact with text in images on the web in macOS Monterey betas on M1 Macs.
Improved Safari Web Extensions. Try out the support for declarativeNetRequest, which expanded to 150K content blocking rules and non-persistent background pages for improved performance.
Quick Notes. Add links and Safari highlights to remember important information or ideas on the web in macOS Monterey betas.
WebGL 2. Try out the improved 3D graphics performance of WebGL running on top of Metal via ANGLE.
Web technologies. Experience and test the HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other web technologies that are available in Safari 15 Beta and included in previous Safari Technology Preview releases.
Unlike most other downloads from Apple, this preview browser is available to download without an Apple ID or account and can be downloaded from Apple’s developer website now. Once you have downloaded the Safari Technology Preview browser, future updates to it will be available through a software update in system preferences.
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