All of a sudden, the Reader View option isn’t working on my iPhone 13 for most sites like the NY Times or BBC News. It worked fine a couple of weeks ago and it only works on random sites now. It still works fine on my iPad & MacBook versions of Safari on those sites.
Did inadvertently change some setting recently to make it not work on those sites. I’m visually impaired so this is a major deal for me.
thanks
iPhone 13, iOS 15
sorry but you didn’t read my post properly. I’m only having this problem on my iPhone with this feature. I’m able to turn on Reader view on those same websites on my iPad. And I just tried this on my wife’s iPhone & it works fine there too for the exact same sites.
And I’m talking about major international news sites like The NY Times & BBC News, not some obscure websites so they’re not doing anything to restrict reader view in general - I’m able to activate it on my iPad & wife’s iPhone as I just said.
So there must be an issue with the settings on my iPhone. I even tried resetting my iPhone but it’s still happening.
thanks
Good afternoon Diarmuid,
It might be helpful for you to speak directly with an Apple advisor about this issue. Click the link below, choose the phone number for your region from the list, and call when it is convenient.
Contact Apple for support and service
Take care.
Hey Diarmuid,
We'd be happy to point you in the best direction for help on this. We'd suggest reaching out to the website's developer if you'd like to request that they enable Reader Mode for that particular mobile site.
Show Reader
Reader formats a webpage to show just the relevant text and images.
1. Tap, then tap Show Reader.
2. To return to the full page, tap
Note: If Show Reader is dimmed, Reader isn’t available for that page.
This is outlined further in the User Guide here: Hide ads and distractions in Safari on iPhone - Apple Support
We hope this helps out.
Take care!
Hi, I changed that setting (see screenshot) but it still has the problem. Thanks
Hi Diarmuid,
We noticed in the screenshots Low Power Mode is enabled. This limits some features. Test without this enabled under Settings > Battery and report back.
Regards.
Safari reader view not working on iphone
