Safari is a Web-kit-based partially open source graphical web browser developed by Apple. It first appeared as part of Mac OS X Panther on the Mac in 2003; later, a mobile version was introduced as part of iPhone OS 1 on the iPhone and iPod touch in 2007. It is currently supported on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. A Windows version was available from 2007 to 2012.
It was among many graphical browsers running Google's Safe Browsing. A pop-up blocker is enabled with Safari by default; there is also an optional Javascript blocker extension togglable via the system preferences. Data collected from Safari are stored externally on the system's default syncing platform called iCloud, rather than on the browser itself.
Safari 14, released on November 12, 2020, is the current version for macOS . Apple claims that it is up to 50 percent faster than Google Chrome while consuming less battery power than other standard web browsers. Safari 15 is the current preview version of Safari. It was announced on June 7, 2021 at WWDC 2022 with a projected release date of July 2021. As of May 2021, Safari ranked as the second most popular web browser after Chrome, with a market share of 18.43% worldwide and 38.88% in the US.