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iOS 18.2 Lets You Track Progress of Safari Downloads on Lock Screen

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iOS 18.2 expands Live Activities support to ongoing Safari downloads, allowing you to quickly track the progress of file downloads on the iPhone's Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro models and newer.

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This is a minor but useful improvement coming with iOS 18.2. The update is currently in beta, and it will be released in December, according to Apple.

Check out our lists of new features and changes in the first and second betas of iOS 18.2 to see what else is coming with the update, including additional Apple Intelligence features like Genmoji, Image Playground, and ChatGPT integration for Siri.

Related Forums: iOS 18, iPadOS 18

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sniffies Avatar
sniffies
18 months ago
Will come in handy when I’m downloading a 50 KB file and lock the phone to check the progress.
Score: 27 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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NMBob
18 months ago

There are so many times where I start downloading something off Safari and immediately have to lock the phone.
This is in case the new Apple cell phone chips can only achieve 3G speeds.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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WarmWinterHat
18 months ago
Huh, I don't think I've ever downloaded anything other than a pdf or similar on my phone. I figured big downloads would cancel or time-out when the phone locked.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
klasma Avatar
klasma
18 months ago
Such a tease.

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Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Fuzzball84
18 months ago
In addition to having 235 tabs open on my favorite sites I usually have 37 downloads happening at any one moment. This will really help my consumption workflow and know when an important document has finished downloading so that I may start another download.

If only they would have a widget showing the number of active widgets too.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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sw1tcher
18 months ago

You realize that on iPhone chrome and safari run on the same engine?

They don't. Desktop Chrome uses Blink, while Desktop Safari uses WebKit. Chrome’s implementation still performs more reliably on certain websites, while Safari can behave oddly or doesn't work as expected. I encounter these issues several times a month, and I've been an Apple browser user since Apple Cyberdog.
🤦‍♂️ iPhone ≠ desktop
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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