iOS 15: Apple gives users option to reverse controversial new Safari redesign entirely

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Apple has reversed a controversial part of its new iOS 15 update yet further, almost entirely reversing it. Apple said on its website that the new version of Safari is “reimagined for the way we browse today”, and that it had been built to “maximises your screen space and stays out of the way as you scroll and explore”. Now Apple has made the most significant reversal yet – and given people the option to change Safari back to what it calls “Single Tab” mode, which all but brings back the old version of Safari entirely. “I’m glad Apple is now offering an option to revert to the old Safari address bar in iOS 15, but this idea of Apple offering two different UIs as a setting is un-Apple like, I think,” wrote Apple reporter Mark Gurman.