As of May 2021, Safari was ranked as the second most popular web browser after Google Chrome, approximately 18.43% of market share worldwide, and 38.88% in the US.īefore 1997, Apple's Macintosh computers were shipped exclusively with the Netscape Navigator and Cyberdog web browsers. Safari 15 was the current preview version, announced in June 2021 and launched in the following July, it was included macOS Monterey, iOS 15, and iPadOS 15 with a new interface.

Safari 14 was counterparted also as the latest version for iOS and iPadOS, respectively as part of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. The revision was up to 50% faster than its rival Google Chrome, and it consumes less battery power than it standard competitors. Safari 14, released on November 12, 2020, is the current macOS revision based in macOS Big Sur, and was also available for macOS Catalina. The software was currently supported on macOS, iOS, proceeding against a former Windows version offered from 2007 to 2012.

It was first introduced on Mac OS X Panther in 2003, and was later incorporated to the iPhone and iPod Touch with iPhone OS 1 in 2007. Safari is a graphical web browser developed by Apple Inc., based primarily on open-source software properties notably including WebKit.