Reading in Safari, whether it’s a news article or a short story, can be challenging at times. Not only is your iPhone‘s screen size relatively small, but there are distractions to deal with. Ads, banners, and autoplaying videos, to name a few, are all too common and make it difficult to focus.
To help you focus, Apple introduced Reader Mode in Safari more than a decade ago to eliminate distractions. When enabled, Reader reorganizes webpages so that you only see relevant text and images, making it easier to read what you’re reading.
If you regularly read in the iPhone browser without using Reader, you really should. In this story, we’ll show you two ways to quickly enable productivity features so you can focus on reading what’s most important to you.
One-tap to turn on Reader Mode in Safari
In Safari, navigate to whatever you’re reading, whether it’s a top news story or an in-depth feature. Now all you need to do is press the AA icon located to the left of the search bar at the top of the page for a second or so and Reader will be enabled.
If Reader isn’t compatible with the page you’re on, nothing happens except a little haptic feedback from your finger. This usually happens with search engine results and home pages that contain links to multiple articles. To turn off reading, press the AA icon again.
Automatically turn on Reader Mode for your favorite sites
Quickly open Reader with just one press, but there’s an even faster way to get rid of distractions. With a few taps, you can auto-enable Reader not just for a single article, but for every compatible webpage on your favorite sites.
To do this, go to any page on the website that you want to enable Reader in Safari. Now, click the AA icon in the upper left corner, then click Site Settings in the list that appears. A few site-specific settings will appear: Toggle Use Reader Automatically. Now, whenever you visit the site, Reader will automatically open after the page has finished loading.
If you want to turn off the reader, you can tap AA > Hide Reader or turn off the Automatically use Reader setting to turn it off permanently.
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