iOS 15 safari sync

Apple moved where the list of tabs on other devices appears. You can find it by clicking on the web address bar at the top of Safari. When the list of favorites comes up, scroll down the favorites tab, and there’s now a drop down menu that lets you choose between all of your devices. See picture.

UPDATE: It now is working! After the IOS 15.01 update on my phone I had to go to iCloud settings under Apple ID then switch off Safari (choose do not keep information on iPhone) then switched it back on. That seemed to delete all of the Safari settings then reimport them from iCloud. Safari on my MacBook Pro is now also seeing the open tabs from the phone. All good.

Hello davidenos,

Thank you for taking the time to post your question to Apple Support Communities. We understand that since updating to iOS 15, you're no longer seeing iCloud tabs that are open on your iPhone and iPad Pro. We're happy to do all we can to help.

You mentioned that your iPhone is up to date, but have you had the chance to update the iPad Pro as well? If not, let's start there: Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch Then also confirm that iCloud tabs is set up correctly on each device: Set up and use iCloud Tabs

If you're still experiencing issues, please force quit the Safari app on each device, then check for your tabs again.

Close an app on your iPhone or iPod touch

Quit and reopen an app on iPad

Finally, check that these tabs aren't opened in Private Browsing Mode, as this would interfere with the ability to sync tabs between devices.

Browse privately in Safari on iPhone

Browse privately in Safari on iPad

Let us know if you need additional assistance after completing each of these steps. We look forward to hearing back from you.

Cheers!

Although davidenos has fixed the 'iCloud tabs not syncing' issue by toggling on and off Safari in iCloud, I want to share my experience with two 'issues' which appeared to be a feature, not a bug:

1. Since I was confused that on EACH device - MacBook, iPad and both iPhones - safari tabs on a new start page did always display only ONE device, I discovered that tapping / clicking the device name at the top of the tab list reveals a dropdown list of ALL devices, from which the device can be selected, which safari tabs should be displayed. Apple just has uncluttered the start page to prevent overloading the start page! Even if this is not worth mentioning for most users, some might struggle because they've overlooked the arrows next to the devices' name like I did...

2. If Safari tabs do NOT show up at all, the feature might just have been deactivated in the start page settings. Just try the following steps: open a new tab, scroll down to the "edit" button, and check whether the "iCloud tabs" toggle on at the bottom of the edit menu is active or not! Right here, the start page can also be rearranged / customised, and applied to all devices or only the current one.

Hope this hints may help to avoid some useless workarounds!

This might solve the 'issue' which appeared to be a feature, not a bug:

1. Since I was confused that on EACH device - MacBook, iPad and both iPhones - safari tabs on a new start page did always display only ONE device, I discovered that tapping / clicking the device name at the top of the tab list reveals a dropdown list of ALL devices, from which the device can be selected, which safari tabs should be displayed. Apple just has uncluttered the start page to prevent overloading the start page! Even if this is not worth mentioning for most users, some might struggle because they've overlooked the arrows next to the devices' name like I did...

2. If Safari tabs do NOT show up at all, the feature might just have been deactivated in the start page settings. Just try the following steps: open a new tab, scroll down to the "edit" button, and check whether the "iCloud tabs" toggle on at the bottom of the edit menu is active or not! Right here, the start page can also be rearranged / customised, and applied to all devices or only the current one.

Hope this hints may help to avoid some useless workarounds!

This might solve the 'issue' which appeared to be a feature, not a bug:

1. Since I was confused that on EACH device - MacBook, iPad and both iPhones - safari tabs on a new start page did always display only ONE device, I discovered that tapping / clicking the device name at the top of the tab list reveals a dropdown list of ALL devices, from which the device can be selected, which safari tabs should be displayed. Apple just has uncluttered the start page to prevent overloading the start page! Even if this is not worth mentioning for most users, some might struggle because they've overlooked the arrows next to the devices' name like I did...

2. If Safari tabs do NOT show up at all, the feature might just have been deactivated in the start page settings. Just try the following steps: open a new tab, scroll down to the "edit" button, and check whether the "iCloud tabs" toggle on at the bottom of the edit menu is active or not! Right here, the start page can also be rearranged / customised, and applied to all devices or only the current one.

Hope this hints may help to avoid some useless workarounds!

This might solve the 'issue' which appeared to be a feature, not a bug:

1. Since I was confused that on EACH device - MacBook, iPad and both iPhones - safari tabs on a new start page did always display only ONE device, I discovered that tapping / clicking the device name at the top of the tab list reveals a dropdown list of ALL devices, from which the device can be selected, which safari tabs should be displayed. Apple just has uncluttered the start page to prevent overloading the start page! Even if this is not worth mentioning for most users, some might struggle because they've overlooked the arrows next to the devices' name like I did...

2. If Safari tabs do NOT show up at all, the feature might just have been deactivated in the start page settings. Just try the following steps: open a new tab, scroll down to the "edit" button, and check whether the "iCloud tabs" toggle on at the bottom of the edit menu is active or not! Right here, the start page can also be rearranged / customised, and applied to all devices or only the current one.

Hope this hints may help to avoid some useless workarounds!

Solution:

On BOTH (or All) devices, go to Settings > Apple ID > iCloud, and switch Safari OFF. Select DELETE previously synced data. Once done for all devices, the open tabs appear at the bottom below Favorites when you click into the URL of an open tab.

the issue’s been solved in the ios 15.0.1 update

I installed 15.0.1 this morning toggling Safari on and off in my iCloud settings did fix this issue on my iPhone.

Hi,

Nope.

Unfortunately it does not work on iPhone or iPad.

I called an Apple Store yesterday and they confirmed that indeed this is a bug.

It is expected to be fixed in the next update

another solution option….

if you press the + sign at the bottom of all the thumbnails of your open tabs/windows…. The screen with your other device tabs pop’s up

Dear Lcrigz,

Thanks for the tip.

I have just tried it and I can confirm that IT WORKS! 👍

I had to go to iCloud settings under Apple ID then switch off Safari (choose do not keep information on iPhone) then switched it back on.

Now I can se the open tabs on both devices, iPad and iPhone and both are in sync.

SOLVED 👍

It’s in the same place on iPhone; you just have to scroll a LOT to get there :)

On none of my 4 devices installed with either iOS15, Big Sur or Monterey Beta Safari is synching with my other devices. I just upgraded on my MBP15 to Safari 15 and lost the syncs. Previously on Safari 14 everything was actually syncing up correctly with my iOS15 devices and Monterey. So, to me it is clearly a Safari 15 issue. Strange that this has not been tested or noticed before launching the new Safari.