--- title: WebKit Features in Safari 17.5 | daily.dev description: Safari 17.5 introduces new CSS features like 'text-wrap: balance' and the 'light-dark()' color function. It also adds support for AV1 in WebCodecs,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/webkit-features-in-safari-17-5-qfbfebv8i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: WebKit Features in Safari 17.5 | daily.dev og:description: Safari 17.5 introduces new CSS features like 'text-wrap: balance' and the 'light-dark()' color function. It also adds support for AV1 in WebCodecs,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/webkit-features-in-safari-17-5-qfbfebv8i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qFBFEBv8i.png og:image:alt: WebKit Features in Safari 17.5 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # WebKit Features in Safari 17.5 **[WebKit](https://daily.dev/sources/webkit)** · 8 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Safari 17.5 introduces new CSS features like 'text-wrap: balance' and the 'light-dark()' color function. It also adds support for AV1 in WebCodecs, EXT_conservative_depth and NV_shader_noperspective_interpolation in WebGL, and logging errors to the JavaScript console in WKWebView. The release includes bug fixes and improvements in accessibility, animations, forms, media, rendering, web APIs, web apps, and WebRTC. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#safari](https://daily.dev/tags/safari) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/webkit-features-in-safari-17-5-qfbfebv8i) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"WebKit Features in Safari 17.5","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/webkit-features-in-safari-17-5-qfbfebv8i","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/webkit-features-in-safari-17-5-qfbfebv8i"},"datePublished":"2024-05-13T18:46:24.660Z","dateModified":"2024-05-13T18:46:22.777Z","description":"Safari 17.5 introduces new CSS features like 'text-wrap: balance' and the 'light-dark()' color function. It also adds support for AV1 in WebCodecs,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"WebKit","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"WebKit","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/webkit","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/webkit"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/webkit-features-in-safari-17-5-qfbfebv8i","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"css,safari","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"WebKit","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/webkit"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"WebKit Features in Safari 17.5"}]} ```