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Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 139 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed the ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari.

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‌Safari Technology Preview‌ release 139 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Inspector, CSS, Web Animations, Rendering, SVG, WebAuthn, Web API, JavaScript, Content Security Policy, Media, Service Workers, Web Extensions, and more.

The current ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ release is built on the Safari 15.4 update and it includes Safari 15 features introduced in macOS Monterey.

The ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ update is available through the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences to anyone who has downloaded the browser. Full release notes for the update are available on the Safari Technology Preview website.

Apple's aim with ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ is to gather feedback from developers and users on its browser development process. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ can run side-by-side with the existing Safari browser and while designed for developers, it does not require a developer account to download.

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Top Rated Comments

velocityg4 Avatar
56 months ago
Don’t they always say performance improvements? They never say this release is going to really tax your system.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
56 months ago
Over a decade of iOS Safari and it still struggles to work properly with many websites. What are they working on?
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
56 months ago

Over a decade of iOS Safari and it still struggles to work properly with many websites. What are they working on?
Been using Safari as my default browser for many years and I think I've only had one issue with a strict compatibility requirement (a bank website). What struggles are you experiencing?

I'm primarily a web developer so I'm genuinely curious about your experiences.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
56 months ago

+1, I noticed the issue in 138 as well only after updating to macOS 12.2 yesterday, was fine before that.
This was my experience as well.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
56 months ago
Anyone else having the issue where normal Safari loads pages fine, but the Tech Preview stalls when loading pages?
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
56 months ago
New version hangs when loading a new webpage. It's the same on my Mac mini, MacBook Air Intel and M1 all running the latest macOS 12.2. I did not have this issue before the update.

Standard Safari has no issues. I've reinstalled Safari Tech Preview with no success on the issue.

STP is so... buggy. in v137 scrolling on Apple Magic Mouse2 does jumps straight to bottom. Now webpages won't load unless I reload manually. It seems like Apple did not use the new version before releasing it. I know it's beta but come on, this is basic stuff.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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