Firefox, the popular third-party web browser for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, has a fancy new feature for iPhone users. The company knows that most people browse the web on their small phone screen, so it’s now rolling out a new “shake to summarize” feature powered by Apple Intelligence.
While many people are sick of seeing endless new AI features, and some browsers like Vivaldi have promised not to jump on the AI hype train, Mozilla embraces all it offers. In a blog post, Mozilla just announced that ‘shake to summarize’ is coming to iPhone 15 Pro and newer devices. This feature will make it easy to automatically read an entire webpage thanks to an AI summary.
The feature is quite simple, and some people might really enjoy it. While using the latest Firefox on a new iPhone, shake your phone (but don’t drop it), and Firefox will use Apple’s on-device AI to generate a summary of your current webpage. According to Mozilla, the summarization feature can handle articles up to 5,000 words. Here’s what the company had to say:
“On mobile, browsing often means quick checks on small screens, squeezed in between everything else you’re doing. We built Shake to Summarize on iOS to give you a clear summary with one move. That way, you can get what you need more easily and keep going.”
Alternatively, owners can tap the new “Thunderbolt” icon in the address bar for a similar result or tap on the three-dot menu button near the top of the web browser and select Summarize Page. All three options should yield the same summary.
Imagine looking up a recipe only to find a huge webpage full of someone’s life story about why the recipe is a family favorite. With shake to summarize, wiggle your iPhone a little bit, and you’ll get a full summary of the page—making it easy to take advantage of the recipe without everything else.
If you don’t have an iPhone 15 Pro or newer or use an older version of iOS, you can still use Shake to Summarize. However, Mozilla will use its own cloud-based AI system to create summaries and insert them on top of the webpage. The company mentioned that on-device AI and its cloud-based systems are safe and secure, as it knows user data privacy is important.
According to Firefox, Shake to summarize is only available in the U.S. and English. However, the company says it plans to expand the feature to more regions, languages, and even Android users in the future. More importantly, if you don’t like Shake to Summarize or keep accidentally triggering the feature, it’s easy to disable in settings. Then, don’t forget about these 11 other Firefox features you’re probably not using enough.
It’s worth noting that this is one of the first major features we’re seeing from a third-party app that uses Apple Intelligence. That said, we’ll probably hear more about third-party support in iOS 26 during Apple’s iPhone 17 launch event later today.
Source: Mozilla