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Apple released iOS 18's sixth public beta on Aug. 29, a few days after the tech giant announced it would hold its iPhone launch event on Monday, Sept. 9. The update brings many new features to the iPhones of developers and beta testers, including RCS messaging and the ability to lock and hide certain apps . The update also places Safari's Find on Page search function in a new spot -- that way you won't accidentally send a web page to a friend or family member.
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Before iOS 18, if you wanted to use Find on Page to search for a word in your iPhone's Safari app, you had to tap the Share button -- the box with the arrow coming out of it -- in the bottom menu of a web page and then tap Find on Page. But you ran the risk of accidentally sending a web page to someone else, to another app or even posting it on social media. With iOS 18, Find on Page can be found in a new place far from the Share button, so you don't make that -- potentially embarrassing -- mistake.
However, iOS 18 is still in beta, and I recommend downloading a beta only on a device other than your primary iPhone. Because this isn't the final version of iOS 18, the update might be buggy and battery life may be short, so it's best to keep those troubles on a secondary device. For example, I download betas onto an old iPhone XR to keep any issues away from my iPhone 14 Pro.
Note that the beta is not the final version of iOS 18, so more features could hit your iPhone when iOS 18 is released. Apple said iOS 18 would be released to the public this fall, but there's no definitive date yet.
Here's how to locate Safari's Find on Page in iOS 18.
1. Open Safari.
2. Go to a web page.
3. Tap the Reader icon -- it looks like a rectangle with two dashes under it, and it's on the left side of the address bar.
4. In the new menu, tap the icon that looks like a page and magnifying glass.
Find on Page works the same as it did in previous iOS versions: Start typing on the keyboard across the bottom of your screen, and Safari will highlight all instances of what you're searching for. To the right of your search bar -- just above your keyboard -- there are up and down arrows you can tap to go to the next instance of the word you're searching for.
You can also tap the magnifying glass to the left of the search bar to open a menu. This menu has two options: Whole Words and Match Case.
Enabling Whole Words won't include partial words in search results -- so searching for "sea" won't highlight "searching" as a result. Match Case can be used to find proper nouns. That way if you're searching for a particular sea, like the Black Sea, your search doesn't highlight any lowercase instances of sea. You can enable both Whole Words and Match Case at the same time, or you can use Find on Page without enabling either, but your results won't be as specific.
Once you're finished, you can tap Done next to the search bar to close the search bar and keyboard.
