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It is finally the day, the official launch of the brand new Turn Off the Lights Safari extension on iOS 15. The Turn Off the Lights for Safari app is now available for the public iOS 15 version. And it is 100% free and Open-Source on iOS. We believe the tool should be available for everyone. If you are a student, teacher, engineer, doctor, architect, designer, movie director, sound producer, DJ, manager, etc. you can get the free Turn Off the Lights for Safari app from the Apple App Store.

The Turn Off the Lights for Safari uses the same code as on Mac and iOS. So you get powerful features on all platforms. Dark Mode Safari extension on iOS 15 for all websites. Get your Dark Mode experience in the Safari web browser.

Look and feel and sound

When you navigate in the brand new iOS app on the tabs below, you see the sudden animation change when press on the tab icon. But also feel the motion and sound tap that you go from the Home tab to the Videos tab, News, and More.

3 Lamp Button Action in Turn Off the Lights Safari extension iOS 15

When you install the app on your iOS device, you see the blue accent lamp button in your Safari web browser. And with a simple tap, it dims the web page and highlights the video player. However, you can customize this button action to your preference. Here is an overview of these 3 actions you can set to the lamp button:

A. Video Lover Profile

This is the default action when you tap on the blue lamp button, it will dim the web page and highlight the video if available on the web page. So you can concentrate on the content of the video player.

B. Eye Protection profile

When you enable this option and tap on the blue lamp button, it set an orange (that can be changed to any color your want) dark layer on the web page. And this dark layer stays active, even when you tap on a hyperlink or open a new web page. To remove this dark layer, just tap again on the lamp button.

C. Night Owl profile

The last option is when you tap on the blue lamp button, which converts the current website stylesheet to your personal Dark Mode theme. So it is comfortable to read the text for your eyes than on this bright website. And to get back to the default website stylesheet, tap again on this lamp button.

Now you have a consistent dark mode experience that is the same on all websites. And finally available on your smartphones and tablet.

Thank You

We thank all the up to 2,000 iOS 15 beta testers on TestFlight, you are amazing to fine-tune this to the app. And you get the #1 best Safari extension experience on your mobile iPhone device and iPad. Also, thank all the 1987 translators in the translator community to make this app understandable worldwide in your local language.

If you love the free Turn Off the Lights Safari extension on iOS 15, do not forget to support our hard work by making a small contribution. So that to continually improve this experience and get the app available for everyone at the Apple App Store.

With the launch of the new Turn Off the Lights Safari extension on iOS 15 (that is coming this fall). That makes browsing the internet on the Safari web browser more comfortable, that by dimming the screen and enabling Dark Mode on all websites. And you can already download the Safari extension from TestFlight for the iOS 15 beta users. There is also a bunch of new texts to translate for this new iOS platform.

Translate Safari extension on iOS 15

With the announcement of the WWDC 2020 previous year that Apple is joining the Safari Web Extension technology. That is great news, as we can use the same code as in the Google Chrome extension. It makes creating a browser extension very easy and use the translation files on all web browsers. And now in WWDC 2021, the Safari extension will also work on mobile devices such as iPhone and iPad.

Turn Off the Lights browser extension is free and Open-Source. And it has a strong translation community that makes this number #1 accessibility too available in all languages. So we thank all translators for their help and contribution to making this available in your local language. However, for a Safari extension on iOS 15, you need to have an app to get this extension in your mobile Safari web browser. So here we create a new starting place with useful links and video tutorials. And those are needed to translate.

Supported Languages

If you write one of these languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Asturian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (United Kingdom), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kabyle, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Argentina), Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu (Pakistan), and Vietnamese. You can help to make this free Safari extension understandable for these languages.

What are you waiting for Translate it Now! And if you know a friend that writes one of these languages, do not hesitate to share this news with them.

It is an exciting day today because now you can test the new Turn Off the Lights Safari extension on iOS 15 beta, which can be used on the Safari web browser on iPhone and iPad. When you enable the Safari extension, you can see the blue accent lamp button in your Safari address bar when using an iPad. And on an iPhone device, you can see the ‘Turn Off the Lights’ as a menu item in the 3 dots icon.

Safari Web Extensions is built primarily on JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. And are available on all Apple devices that support Safari. That includes Mac and iOS. Thereby share the Safari extension on Mac and iOS the same codebase, and have it all the same features inside.

How to get this Safari extension for iOS 15 on my device?

1. Make sure you have the latest iOS 15 beta installed on your iPhone or iPad
2. Check you have installed the TestFlight app on your device
3. Finally open now the TestFlight web page, and you are ready to install the ‘Turn Off the Lights for Safari’ app

Feedback & Suggestions

When you test this new experience in your Safari web browser, you can do all the amazing options just like in the Safari desktop web browser. Such as enable Night Mode on all websites, force YouTube AutoHD to 8K, or block 60FPS, see a glow effect around the video player with Atmosphere Lighting, etc. And now it is the time to test and feedback to us on what you do not like in the Safari extension. That includes the design, text, image, logo, and bugs. So we can improve this experience in the next upcoming version. That to give you all the best and most comfortable web experience for your eyes in the Safari web browser.

You can feedback very easily in the Apple TestFlight app. And that with a single tap on the blue ‘Send Feedback’ link. All feedback is taken very seriously. And how more information you can provide, that the better we understand your feedback.

Support our Development

Now you know about the next Turn Off the Lights Safari extension. Which is 100% free for everyone to download on iOS (and also after the TestFlight). It is a powerful tool with many amazing features to get the best web experience. Such as all websites in Dark Mode that with your personal chosen color. Above all, Turn Off the Lights is a free and open-source Turn Off the Lights browser extension. So please do not hesitate to support our work by making a small donation. And share this useful browser extension with your family, friends, and colleagues.