iOS 15 has brought with it a number of features that donât affect your privacy, your efficiency, or your fitness. Theyâre â well, just nice. One of them is the new ability to change the background of the mobile version of Safari so that when you open a new page, youâre looking at something beautiful or wildly colorful. Or just nice.
The process is almost ridiculously simple. Hereâs how to do it:
Once youâre in the Safari app, youâre going to open a new page. Not sure how to do that? Look for the double square in the bottom-right corner and tap on that.
Youâll see thumbnails of all the pages currently open in Safari. (If there are loads of them, you may want to take this opportunity to get rid of a few.) Tap on the plus sign in the lower-left corner.
To start a new page, tap on the double square in the bottom-right corner.
Tap on the plus sign in the bottom-left corner.
Youâre now on âCustomize Start Page.â Look for the âEditâ button and tap on that.
Now, you can either choose from one of the backgrounds that Apple has included or tap the square with the plus sign to select one of your own. If you chose the latter, youâll be taken into your Photo app to make a choice.
Select the âEditâ button.
Choose a preinstalled background image or select one of your own.
Tap on the image you want to use, and youâll be brought back to âCustomize Start Page.â Your new image has now replaced the square with the plus sign and is highlighted. If youâre happy with your choice, leave the page. If you want to select something else, just tap on that square again to choose something different, or tap on one of the preinstalled Apple backgrounds.
Leave the âCustomize Start Page,â and youâll see that your new Safari page now has a cool new background.
Your own image will appear where the plus sign was.
And now you have a new Safari background!