{"id":81514,"date":"2025-09-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=81514"},"modified":"2025-09-30T09:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:57:55","slug":"shake-to-summarize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/shake-to-summarize\/","title":{"rendered":"On Firefox for iOS, summarize a page with a shake or a tap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On mobile, browsing often means quick checks on small screens, squeezed in between everything else you\u2019re doing. We built Shake to Summarize on iOS to give you a clear summary with one move. That way, you can get what you need more easily and keep going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How it works<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you just want the recipe, need to know something fast, or want to see if a long read is worth the time, Shake to Summarize gives you the key takeaways in seconds. To activate it, you can:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shake your device<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tap the thunderbolt icon<\/strong> in the address bar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or, from the menu, <strong>tap three dots &gt; Summarize Page<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2025\/09\/s2s-secretsprinkle-S2S-1.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The feature works on webpages with fewer than 5,000 words. (Learn more about content you can summarize <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/summarize-pages-ios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s an example of a summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2025\/08\/shake-to-summarize-summaries-1024x610.png\" alt=\"Three smartphone screens showing Firefox article summarized with Apple Intelligence on translation updates for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean users.\" class=\"wp-image-81609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2025\/08\/shake-to-summarize-summaries-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2025\/08\/shake-to-summarize-summaries-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2025\/08\/shake-to-summarize-summaries-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2025\/08\/shake-to-summarize-summaries-1536x915.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2025\/08\/shake-to-summarize-summaries-1000x596.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2025\/08\/shake-to-summarize-summaries.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have an iPhone 15 Pro or later with iOS 26+, the summary is created on your device using Apple Intelligence. On other devices with earlier iOS versions, the page text is sent securely to Mozilla cloud-based AI, which creates the summary and sends it back.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rollout starts Sept. 9<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Shake to Summarize starts rolling out this week in the U.S. for English-language Firefox iOS users, then expands from there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"summarize-desktop\">You\u2019ll see a prompt the first time you come across content that can be summarized, and you can turn the feature on or off in settings anytime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summarize a page on desktop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also summarize pages in Firefox on desktop with your choice of chatbot provider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Select <strong>Summarize Page<\/strong> at the bottom of the chatbot sidebar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or hold down <strong>Control<\/strong> while you click, then choose <strong>Ask [chatbot name] &gt; Summarize Page<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>See more information <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/ai-chatbot?as=u&amp;utm_source=inproduct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Designed for user choice<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes you want the whole story. Sometimes you just need the highlights. Firefox gives you both and leaves the choice to you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.mozilla.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">know what you think<\/a><strong> <\/strong>once you give it a try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"ft-c-inline-cta\" href=\" https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/firefox-private-web-browser\/id989804926\">\n  <div class=\"ft-c-inline-cta__media\">\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2021\/06\/fx_website_meta-image_tips-tricks_alt-04-800x800.png\" class=\"attachment-1x1 size-1x1\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2021\/06\/fx_website_meta-image_tips-tricks_alt-04-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2021\/06\/fx_website_meta-image_tips-tricks_alt-04-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ft-c-inline-cta__content\">\n     <h3>Take control of your internet<\/h3>      <span>Download Firefox<\/span>   <\/div>\n<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On mobile, browsing often means quick checks on small screens, squeezed in between everything else you\u2019re doing. We built Shake to Summarize on iOS to give you a clear summary with one move. That way, you can get what you need more easily and keep going. How it works Whether you just want the recipe, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1889,"featured_media":81609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,464325],"tags":[4708],"coauthors":[464350],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>On Firefox for iOS, summarize a page with a shake or a tap<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Firefox for iOS lets you summarize long articles and recipes with a simple shake or tap. 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