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Weird AI-like icon that hovered over the content in Safari (iOS 26.1) (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 months ago by Wfh@lemmy.zip to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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The picture above is a mockup of what happened this morning as I didn't take a screenshot.

I was browsing Wikipedia when I noticed a round, "Apple Intelligence"-like icon hovering over the web page.

When I clicked on it to see if I could dismiss it, it disappeared and never came back.

What's super weird is that there is absolutely no documentation on Apple's website, yet it didn't feel part of the webpage itself as it very clearly spilled over the edge of the page when navigating back.

Does anyone know what it is? Thanks!

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[–] Kronusdark@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I opened safari to Wikipedia and I don’t see that icon. AFAIK there isn’t a feature that adds a floating icon like that.

I think it’s a browser extension.

[–] Wfh@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That's the point. I can't reproduce this behavior so I can't understand what the hell this was.

The only extension I use is AdGuard.

[–] Kronusdark@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

~~What happens when you tap the icon?~~

Nvm I reread your post.

[–] Kronusdark@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's so weird, I've watched all the Apple announcement videos, all of the "whats new" videos, and i've been beta testing iOS 26 and 26.1. (I am an iOS developer) I have never seen this specific UI anywhere. I've spent the last 30 minutes trying to reproduce and I can't make it happen (I even installed AdGuard to check).

Either you got some unexpected extension installed, you hit on some Safari bug, or you somehow found a feature that was not fully released yet.

just weird.

[–] Wfh@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Honestly I don't understand either. I can't find anything remotely similar to this.

I'm just hoping it's not some kind of exploit hidden as a "new" UI component.

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Heads up, you can change over to uBlock Origin Lite. In case you haven’t heard

[–] Wfh@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Nice!