ZDNET’s Lance Whitney describes three AI-assisted Safari workflows in iOS 27: create an extension from a written description, group open tabs by topic, and get alerts when a webpage changes. Here’s how each reported workflow works, along with the practical limits reported for extension requests and cross-device alerts.

Apple’s release notes say Safari 27.0 was released on September 14, 2026, and comes with iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and visionOS 27.

Create and manage a custom extension

Four dark-mode Safari screenshots show the menu, extension categories, a text prompt, and the Create control.

ZDNET’s reported steps start on a webpage where you want the extension to work:

  1. Open a representative webpage. This gives Safari a page to use as the setting for the extension.
  2. Tap the Safari menu beside the address bar and choose Describe Extension. This opens the extension-creation flow.
  3. Choose a suggested category or describe the task you want the extension to perform. A specific request lets you tailor the prompt to the page.
  4. Tap Create. Safari then presents the result to try.
  5. Tap Try to test the extension on the page. ZDNET also describes controls to turn it off, request edits, change permissions, allow it in Private Browsing, or delete it through Manage Extensions.

ZDNET’s example extension set a minimum font size of 20 points. A separate guide published by iPhone in Canada on October 19, 2026, reported that Safari checks for an existing App Store extension before generating one. That guide also said some requests, including ad blockers, may not be supported and complex prompts may fail.

Group open tabs by topic

Five Safari screenshots show open tabs, the Organize Tabs menu, topic grouping, and group tiles.

ZDNET’s reported workflow uses Safari’s tab view:

  1. Open the tab view. This brings up the open pages Safari can organize.
  2. Choose Organize Tabs, then Automatically Create Topics. Safari groups tabs by their content in the reported workflow.
  3. Open a group thumbnail to view its pages. The group menu lets you copy, move, or close tabs.

Set an alert for webpage changes

Four Safari screenshots show the Notify Me setup, timing controls, and a permission prompt.

ZDNET reports that Safari’s Notify Me tool lets you describe a change to watch for, such as a price drop, then choose when to receive alerts:

  1. Open the webpage you want to monitor. The alert is set up for that page.
  2. Open Safari’s menu and choose Notify Me. This starts the alert setup.
  3. Describe the change to watch for. For example, you could enter “price drop.”
  4. Adjust the alert frequency or time if needed, then allow notifications. ZDNET says the reported default is one alert per day at a set time.

In its October 19, 2026 guide, iPhone in Canada reported that monitoring can continue after Safari closes. It also reported that alerts set up on iPhone and Mac do not sync and need to be configured separately.

What Apple says about privacy

Apple’s general Apple Intelligence privacy overview describes on-device processing for many requests and Private Cloud Compute for more complex ones. It does not specify which processing route Describe Extension, tab grouping, or Notify Me uses.