Safari search bar for Reading List

The Safari Reading list Search dialogue was “reported missing” in iOS 15.7.x - although the precise version that the ability to Search the Safari Reading List has not been confirmed.

The Search function was restored in iOS/iPadOS 16.1. If your iPad is capable of update, you’ll need to updated to this version or later. The tags appended to your post suggest that you have an iPad Air2 - for which the iPadOS 16.1 update is not available.

For information, here is a list of the highest versions of iOS supported by older models of iPad (for simplicity - “generations” are shortened to a number) that are restricted in their ability to be updated:

32-bit devices

iPad1 - iOS 5.1.1

iPad2, iPad3 and iPad mini1 - iOS 9.3.5 (WiFi Only models), iOS 9.3.6 (WiFi & Cellular)

iPad4 - iOS 10.3.3 (WiFi Only), iOS 10.3.4 (WiFi & Cellular)

64-bit devices

iPad Air1, iPad mini2 and iPad mini3 - iOS 12.5.6

iPad Air2, iPad mini4 - iPadOS 15.7.1

Newer models are all able to be updated to the current version, iPadOS 16.1

• iPad Pro (all models)
• iPad Air (3rd generation and later)
• iPad (5th generation and later)
• iPad mini (5th generation and later)

Not sure which iPad you have? Identify your iPad model.

I haven’t yet confirmed it, but I read that the search bar for the reading list is back on iPadOD 16.1 released October 24.

Correction: iPad OS 16.1