Apple fixes bug crashing Safari on iPhones, iPads: What is it

Apple is expected to release the iOS 16.2 update in December which will bring 5G support for iPhone users in India. But a recent bug involving the Safari browser for some iPhone and iPad users has surfaced. Several iOS 16 users took to Twitter to report that Apple’s browser was stopping them from searching for certain characters and words. Some users even shared screen recordings to show the precise issues. According to a report by 9to5Mac, the Cupertino giant has now rolled out a server-side update to squash the bug.

Safari’s latest bug in iPhones and iPads: How was it affecting users
Several iPhone and iPad users reported that whenever they started typing certain letters into the address bar in Safari, the browser app would crash immediately.

This bug prevented users from typing in the URL of the website that they wanted to visit and might have affected iPhone users running all versions of iOS 16. However, Apple users in all the regions were not likely impacted by the bug.