Too Many Safari Tabs? Let iOS 27 Organize Them for You

In iOS 27, Safari has a clever new Apple Intelligence feature that can help you organize you tabs.

Safari can now automatically organize your open tabs into topics, so related websites are grouped together and much easier to find. Apple says these topics can also continue updating as you browse, with new tabs being added to an existing topic or a new one being created when needed.

Here’s how to use it.

How to automatically organize Safari tabs in iOS 27

1. Open Safari on your iPhone.

2. Open the tab overview so you can see all your currently open tabs.

3. Tap the three-line button in the upper-left corner.

4. Turn on Automatically Create Topics.

5. Safari will now use Apple Intelligence to look at your open tabs and group related pages together.

For example, if you have several tabs open about hotels, flights, and restaurants for an upcoming trip, Safari can group them together into one travel-related topic. The same works for tech websites, shopping, news, or other topics you regularly browse.

At the same time, tabs about something completely different, such as new iPhone accessories or recipes, can appear in their own topics.

Quickly filter your tabs by topic

Once Safari has organized your tabs, you don’t have to scroll through every open page anymore.

1. Open the tab overview in Safari.

2. Tap the three-line button.

3. You’ll see the different topics Safari has created.

4. Tap one of the topics to show only the tabs related to it.

5. Switch back to All Tabs whenever you want to see everything again.

This is especially useful if you regularly keep a lot of tabs open.

Safari keeps organizing as you browse

One of the nicest parts is that this isn’t something you have to keep doing manually.

When automatic organization is enabled, Safari can recognize what a newly opened page is about and place it into an existing topic. If it doesn’t match any of your current topics, Safari can create a new one automatically. Apple Intelligence handles all of this for you in the background, so you don’t have to organize anything yourself.

So if you’re planning a vacation and keep opening more hotel and restaurant websites, those tabs can continue appearing together without you manually moving them into a Tab Group.

Why this is better than regular Tab Groups

Safari has had Tab Groups for years, but normally you have to create those groups yourself, give them a name and manually move tabs into them. Apple still offers those traditional Tab Groups in iOS 27.

The new iOS 27 feature is different because Apple Intelligence does the organizing for you.

A simple way to think about it:

Tab Groups = you organize your tabs.
Automatic Topics = Safari organizes them for you.

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