One of Apple's leading Safari designers has left the company to join The Browser Company. The news was announced today by Josh Miller, CEO of The Browser Company.
The Browser Company is the company behind the increasingly popular Arc web browser, which claims to offer a “more relaxed and personalized” experience. 8221; Internet experience.
In his social media announcement, Miller said Charlie Deets is joining The Browser Company after five years at Apple. Miller describes Deets as one of two lead Safari designers at Apple.
According to his LinkedIn, Deets joined Apple in May 2019 and worked on Safari, Home, Privacy, Accessibility and Screen Sharing. #8221; in company. Before joining Apple, he spent five and a half years as a lead product designer at Meta, working at Facebook and WhatsApp.
Deets confirmed his move to The Browser Company on his personal Twitter account. He also retweeted a post that credited him with creating the “swipe to reply” feature. gesture during his tenure at Meta.
Last month, The Browser Company announced it had raised $50 million at a $550 million valuation. The company says Arc will be “generally available on Windows, Mac and iOS.” with a unified cross-platform synchronization system by this summer.
“We imagine a browser that can think as fast as we do, freeing us up from work and enhancing our creativity. ,” The Browser company reports this on its website. “A browser tailored to the way we use the Internet in 2024, and fundamental to how we hope to use it in the future.”
Arc has added a number of artificial intelligence capabilities. recently focused features that are different from Safari. It is not yet known whether Apple is planning any major new AI features for Safari as part of iOS 18 this year.
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