Apple Mail’s new iOS 18.5 change exposes key hidden feature

iOS 18.5 has been in beta testing for the last couple weeks, but so far it’s pretty light on changes. However, this week’s new iOS 18.5 betas introduced an update to Apple Mail that exposes a key hidden feature. All Mail category was hidden, but iOS 18.5 makes it visible Apple Mail has undergone some big changes over the last year: Mail got a major redesign in iOS 18.2 with inbox categorization, contact photos, digest view, and more. That redesign spread to the Mac and iPad just last month with macOS 15.4 and iPadOS 18.4. Now, in the iOS 18.5 beta, Apple continues tweaking the new Mail app experience for users. Previously I shared that the updated Mail app includes a new in-app setting to disable contact photos in your inbox. This option existed in the Settings app before, but by adding it directly to Mail, Apple makes it easier for users to get the old inbox look back. The latest betas, developer beta 2 and public beta 1, have another change in store for Mail by exposing a prev ... Read full article.