iOS 16 Mail's improved smartsĪ bunch of iOS 16 Mail additions can be grouped together under the heading of "Mail is getting much smarter." This includes the same dictation enhancement Apple introduced to the iOS 16 Messages app where you can now compose messages with your voice, and your iPhone is smart enough to insert punctuation and even emojis.Apple is showing signs of supply chain improvements in China, which bodes well for the coming period, which are seasonally its biggest quarters, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Anurag Rana said. English language, so it won't be available to all iOS 16 users.) Personally, as someone whose inbox is deluged with follow-up emails about unsolicited and largely irrelevant topics, I kind of wish Apple left this iOS 16 addition on the cutting-room floor, though apparently, you can disable this feature if you prefer. Supposedly, requests to send additional data or specific deadlines on tasks will trigger the follow-up prompts in Mail, but we'll see how it works as the iOS 16 beta process rolls on. I haven't really seen the follow-up feature in action, though I suspect that might change the more I use iOS 16 Mail. So far, I've found Remind Me to be particularly helpful for reminding me of appointments and interviews set up via Mail a few days before they happen so that I can make sure I'm prepared. On the subsequent pop-up menu, you can have Mail resurface the message in an hour, later that night, the next day or at a time and date that you set. On the message in question, just swipe right - next to the button to mark the message as Unread, you can now tap a button that says Later. Remind Me is the more straightforward addition, and it's already visible in the iOS 16 beta. A follow-up feature automatically detects messages you've sent that include deadlines and other calls to action, prompting you to send a subsequent email if you've yet to get a response. A Remind Me feature lets you select a message that you've already read to resurface at a set time so that you can return to it then. iOS 16 Mail reminders and follow-upsĪnother pair of productivity-minded additions to iOS 16 Mail aims to keep important emails from falling through the cracks. In Mail, the unsend command appears on the bottom of the screen right after you've tapped Send.
I've yet to see this feature in action on my test phone, but that should save some time correcting search queries. Apple also promises that its onboard search engine is getting smarter, too, by recognizing typos in your search terms and searching for what you actually meant to type instead. It could well be the search feature isn't fully formed in the current version of the beta or that search results will add these capabilities over time. I'm not seeing the more elaborate search results that Apple shows on its iOS 16 preview page (opens in new tab), where search results in Mail are also broken down to include documents and links relevant to search results. Instead of iOS 16's long list of people and email subject lines related to my search query, iOS 16 Mail produces a more compact list with people, subject lines, and attachments appearing under a Suggestions heading.
I have noticed that the list of search results is more streamlined than before. That sounds like the sort of feature that becomes more apparent over time, and indeed I haven't seen many examples of how this works in my own iOS 16 beta use.