Apple engineers quickly fixed this issue on their servers.
iOS 16 update causes lots of bugs, bugs and stability issues on several iPhone models. This is common and normal after a big update like this arrives, especially during the first few weeks.
The latest serious error that was discovered by 9to5mac refers to a bug whereby the web browsing application Safari quits after a user types certain letter combinations in the URL field.
Bug closes Safari app immediately with iOS 16
What exactly is the problem plaguing Safari? Basically this is a very rare bug that when typing certain letters in the URL address bar from Safari, the application closes immediately. A crash of a lifetime, come on.
Fortunately, from Apple, they have already rushed to correct the problem via its servers and it is already resolved.
This curious bug has been reported by several users running different versions of iOS 16 on different iPhone models. As they point out in MacRumors, there are also user reports of iOS 15.
Some of the letter combinations that cause the crash Safari in iOS 15 and iOS 16 are: “good”, “tar”, “good”, “wal”, “old”, “sta” and “pla”. You can see the curious behavior of this bug in Apple’s mobile operating system through the following videos of screen recordings posted on Twitter which we attach below.
@AppleSupport Hello, I have a very strange problem with my new iPhone 14 and my mother’s new iPhone 14. When we start typing Walmart “Wal” into the search engine, the phones instantly close Safari. See the video below.. please help? pic.twitter.com/P5mq1ahaih
— 805 🇺🇸 (@Dakodes) November 14, 2022
“I have a very strange problem with my and my mother’s new iPhone 14. When we start typing Walmart in the search engine, Safari closes.”
It’s one for the books. https://t.co/arf0bf17TJ pic.twitter.com/WNoCNRfFX2
—Chance Miller (@ChanceHMiller) November 14, 2022
Despite the fact that Apple has already fixed the error, if it continues to happen to you, it appears to have since been fixed. Settings > Safari Disable Safari Suggestions.
On a different note, a week ago Apple released iOS 16.1.1 with stability improvements and bug fixes for all compatible iPhone models and plans to introduce the update. iOS 16.2 in mid-December with exciting news like collaboration app. free forma widget for the sleep monitoring for the lock screen and Live Activities for sports matches.