All the Best New Mail Features in IOS16
The Mail app on the iPhone is a workhorse, but it’s rarely popular with Apple. However, in iOS 16 , Apple is bringing a host of quality-of-life improvements to Mail, such as email scheduling, feedback, and reminders, to make the app more competitive with feature-rich email clients like Spark.
While there’s a lot of great stuff in the new Mail app in iOS 16, it’s currently only available as a public beta and should be released in the fall. If you have a beta version, here’s what you can expect:
Schedule your emails
Finally, the ability to schedule emails has arrived on the iPhone and iPad. Gmail users who hate using the Gmail app on iPhone can rejoice. Once you’ve composed the email, press and hold the Send button. Below the Send Now button, you’ll see options to send the email at night, the next morning, or at another time of your choice.
Revocation of letters
Undoing a send in Apple Mail works just like it does in other apps like Gmail. After sending an email, you have 10 seconds to cancel it. If you click the Cancel Send button on the bottom toolbar, Apple will cancel the message.
Get email reminders
There are times when we don’t want to deal with an important email right now, but you want to make sure you don’t forget about it completely. The Mail app now lets you set reminders for any email (even if you haven’t opened it). Swipe left on an email and tap the “Later” button. You can now choose to be reminded of this email in an hour, later in the day, the next day, or at another time.
Mail is finally getting smarter search suggestions
One of the problems Mail has struggled with is search (Gmail’s forte). Apple is making searching in Mail a lot less tedious. As you type, you’ll get smart search results that take into account your typos as well as synonyms. You’ll also find rich content for shared media and messages as soon as you start typing your search phrase.
Set boundaries with Focus
Using the new “Application Filters” feature in Focus , you can select an email account to communicate with Focus. When Focus is enabled, you will only receive notifications from the selected account, and notifications from other accounts (such as your personal account) will be disabled. This is a great feature that could encourage more people to start using Focus on their iPhones.
Go to Settings > Focus > Select Focus > Application Filters > Mail to set this up.
Other quality of life changes
The new mail app is also full of small quality-of-life changes, including:
- Follow-ups : This feature allows you to move sent emails to the top of your inbox so you can quickly send a follow-up message.
- Missing Parts Notification : You will now be notified when a message is missing a recipient or attachment.
- Expanded Link : You can add a rich link preview to your email, adding more context at a glance.
- Sharing keys in the Wallet app : Keys from the Wallet app can be shared using the Mail app.