Apple has redesigned the Mail app. Several new items have also been added

Apple’s Mail app has undergone the biggest redesign in years. All users with iOS 18.2 can look forward to the new environment. This update brings significant changes, and we’ve taken a look at what’s new. The server pointed out the news 9to5Mac.

Mail from Apple with a new design

This is a major redesign that will make the emailing app cleaner. If you open Mail, the app will look like you’re used to at first glance; however, you will notice the changes when you open your inbox. Mail now resembles the Messages app and emphasizes photos of contacts. Browsing emails becomes more intuitive and visually engaging.

Previously, users could only see a lot of text, which was much more difficult to navigate. Now you can see colors and images of contacts next to messages. Emails in the inbox look similar to threads in the Messages app, with contact photos on the left.

The change is related to new tools for businesses. A business can re-upload its logo and use it as a contact photo. This applies not only to the Mail application, but also to the Phone and to the Apple Pay interface for contactless payments. If the company has not used this option, simple icons will be used instead of the logo.

The Mail application has undergone a redesign | photo: 9to5Mac

Categorizing mail

A more significant innovation is the automatic division of inbox into four categories. In the application you will find the categories Primary, Transactions, Updates and Promotions. Each category is divided into two sections New News and Older News.

This will bring with it more control over the number of notifications sent. For example, you can set Mail so that you only receive notifications from the Primary category.

If Apple automatically places an email into a category you don’t like, you can make a manual change and that change will be reflected in future incoming messages. You also have the option of automatically sorting messages from a specific sender into a category of your choice.

Apple thinks of old-timers

If you’re not happy with the new category system, there are two ways to get your original unified inbox back. By default, Mail shows the four categories listed, but swiping to the left will bring up your entire inbox.

The second option is to completely disable categorization. Just tap on the three dots in the upper right corner and choose one of the inbox display options there. This will revert the mail sorting and display to the same as it was before updating to iOS 18.2.