Safari on Apple HomeView does more than display websites and recipes. Its built-in tools can keep favorite webpages easy to find, strip distracting elements from long articles and read supported pages aloud, making the seven-inch display more useful around the house.
Open Safari on HomeView and navigate to a website using the search field. To pin a page for quick access, tap the address field and choose Pin. Alternatively, find the webpage in the list of recently closed pages, swipe left on it and tap the Pin button. A pinned page remains at the top of your history.
Open a page in Safari and tap the Reader Mode button when available. Safari will display the relevant text and images in a cleaner layout, which is useful for long stories and guides. For supported webpages, you can also tap Listen to Page to have Safari read the content aloud. Apple’s HomeView User Guide documents both controls.
Apple says HomeView supports Handoff for webpages. Bring your iPhone near HomeView to move a supported page between devices without searching for it again. Safari’s dedicated recipe view is another option for supported cooking sites, but that’s separate from Reader Mode.
We’ve covered the full HomeView experience and why HomeView doesn’t have a conventional App Store. Safari is one of the device’s built-in apps, so none of these features requires installing an additional browser.