Safari Technology Preview 248 Released

Apple has pushed out Safari Technology Preview 248, basically the early-access version of Safari where upcoming fixes and features show up first. On paper, it’s a monster cleanup: better screen-reader support, smoother colors, video fixes, form fixes, editing fixes, and even some new number-crunching tools for developers. In normal human terms: Apple says it patched a whole pile of annoying browser problems before they hit the main Safari most people use.

But the comments? That’s where the real action is. One camp is practically doing victory laps, saying the WebKit team has been on a hot streak lately, especially after last month’s huge fix dump. Another group is much less impressed, asking the painfully practical question: does any of this actually help regular Safari users anytime soon? One commenter summed up the mood perfectly: they’re watching a bug get fixed in the preview version while having no idea when — or if — it will reach the browser on their actual machine.

Then came the side-eye. One user complained that this preview version supports fewer Mac versions than normal Safari, which feels backwards enough to start a mini revolt. And the funniest roast of the thread came from a commenter saying that repeatedly pinch-zooming Reddit can still crash Safari on iPhone — a bug they claim has survived for years, which is exactly the kind of chaotic, too-specific complaint the internet loves. There was also some nerd excitement over Apple’s new Safari MCP server, but the loudest takeaway was clear: people love the pace of fixes, yet they’re still begging Apple to make those fixes matter in the browser they actually use every day.