Apple's Redesigned Mail App is Expanding to the Mac — Here's When

Apple plans to expand the iPhone's redesigned Mail app to the Mac starting with macOS 15.4, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

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The first macOS 15.4 beta should be made available in the coming weeks, and Apple has previously suggested that the iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS 15.4 series of software updates will be released to the public in April.

The revamped Mail app debuted on all iPhones compatible with iOS 18.2 last year, but it remains curiously absent on the iPad and Mac. Apple even showed off an image of mail categorization on the Mac last year, but it has yet to arrive.

The upgraded Mail app automatically sorts emails into Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions categories, but not everyone loves this new functionality, and fortunately it can be turned off on the iPhone if desired.

Mail categorization is currently only available in English. While the feature relies on on-device artificial intelligence, the redesigned Mail app does not require a device with Apple Intelligence support. For example, mail categorization is available on all iPhone models that are compatible with iOS 18.2, going back to the iPhone XS.

The redesigned Mail app is also coming to the iPad, according to Gurman. No word on timing, but perhaps it will arrive with iPadOS 18.4.

Related Forum: macOS Sequoia

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Top Rated Comments

abatabia Avatar
10 months ago
To be honest I’m not a big fan of it on the iPhone. I hate that Gmail category thing and I hate it here. Just show me my emails in order. Just me I know.
Score: 78 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Kylo83 Avatar
10 months ago
I turned off the feature that separates the emails, I just want it to show all of them
Score: 45 Votes (Like | Disagree)
switz Avatar
10 months ago
Another unwanted feature......
Score: 38 Votes (Like | Disagree)
zedsdead Avatar
10 months ago
I also turn this off - if you use it great, but not for me.

I would much prefer they focus on bugs fixes and performance, better UI for signatures and font resizing, better integration with other services, etc…
Score: 27 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tlab Avatar
10 months ago
I tried this for one day on my iPhone and then switched it off. Nothing like a feature that somehow makes email management feel like even more of a chore.
Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jdclifford Avatar
10 months ago

To be honest I’m not a big fan of it on the iPhone. I hate that Gmail category thing and I hate it here. Just show me my emails in order. Just me I know.
It isn't just you. I see no real benefit from it and it's been around in other IOS mail apps for a few years (i.e. Spark, Outlook) etc. To me, it's developers doing something to move their product along with solutions looking to solve a non-existent problem.

Now if Apple could just sync the unread badge count between different Apple products that would be a step in right direction.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)