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A little while ago, we finally got it. On the occasion of the opening Keynote of this year's WWDC 2020 conference, new operating systems were introduced, with the spotlight falling mainly on the Mac platform. Of course, there is nothing to be surprised about. Mac OS Big Sur brings extreme changes in the field of appearance and moves the design several levels forward. At the end of the presentation, we also had the opportunity to see the Apple chip powering the MacBook, and it performed extremely well. The native Safari browser has also seen huge changes. What's new in it?

Big Sur Safari
Source: Apple

It is important to point out the fact that Safari is one of the most popular browsers ever and the vast majority of Apple users rely exclusively on it. Apple itself realized this fact, and therefore decided to significantly speed it up. And when Apple does something, it wants to do it properly. Safari is now the fastest browser in the world, and it should be up to 50 percent faster than rival Google Chrome. In addition, the Californian giant directly relies on the privacy of its users, which is undoubtedly closely related to browsing the Internet. For this reason, a new feature called Privacy has been added to Safari. After clicking on the given button, the user will be shown all the connections informing him whether the given website is not tracking him.

Another novelty will please not only Apple fans, but also developers. This is because Safari is adopting a new add-on standard, which will allow programmers to convert various extensions originally from other browsers. In this regard, you may wonder whether this news will not violate the mentioned privacy. Of course, Apple insured that. Users will first have to confirm the given extensions, while rights must be set. It will be possible to turn on the extension only for a day, for example, and there is also an option to set it only for selected websites.

Big Sur macOS
Source: Apple

A new native translator will also be heading to Safari, which will handle translation across a variety of languages. Thanks to this, you will no longer have to go to the websites of internet translators, but you will be able to do just that with a "mere" browser. In the last row, there was a subtle improvement in the design. Users will be able to customize the home page much better and set their own background image.

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