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Safari on iPhone Isn’t Basic — Here Are 7 Hidden Features You Wish You Knew Sooner

Safari has layers, but most people barely scratch the surface!

16 min readJun 4, 2025
An image by the author.
An image by the author.

If you’re somebody who uses Google Chrome on your iPhone because you think it’s better than Safari, it’s high time you’re made aware of the reality. It’s not 2012 anymore!

According to last year’s survey conducted by a tech magazine, over 40% of iPhone users have set the default browser to third-party apps. That’s about 550 million people missing out on the true potential of Safari.

What’s even worse is that most first-time iPhone users don’t even bother opening Safari in the initial days due to its compass-themed logo which makes it look like some sort of a navigation app.

Safari once had a poor reputation because it allowed users to open only eight tabs at once. However, that is no longer the case. The current version of Safari is significantly better than any of the third-party mobile web browsers out there.

Over the last five years, Apple has been making meaningful changes to Safari- — some of which I consider to be ahead of its time. From enhancing the user experience to making your browsing super secure, there’s a lot to talk about.

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The Evil Geek
The Evil Geek

Written by The Evil Geek

Alter ego of an extremely handsome man. Hiding in the shadows, I write about tech. Muahahaha!

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