The native Mail application continues to develop to reach the level of alternatives such as Outlook or Spark, which remain favorites for most users. From the hand of Mark Gurman, a renowned Apple analyst, we bring you a new report that suggests that this app will soon integrate a very special new function.
This new feature would be automatic categorization in macOs and iPadOS, a function that has already arrived on the iPhone with iOS 18 and that, according to forecasts, would arrive with macOS 15.4 and iPadOS 18.4 in the month of April.
Categories in Mail on Mac and iPad
The feature, similar to Gmail’s category organization introduced in 2013, allows you to automatically divide emails into groups such as “Home,” “Purchases,” “Updates,” and “Advertising.” Although it is not possible to create custom categories or modify the way the system works, users can adjust the classification manually, which helps optimize future categorizations.
Despite its usefulness, the feature has generated debate. On iOS devices, the experience has proven to be efficient, although it is recommended check all trays to prevent some messages, which may be important, from being wrongly classified, being relegated to secondary categories.
Unlike other recent Apple features, such as those powered by Apple Intelligence, email classification by category does not require devices equipped with M-series chips. The entire process occurs locally on the device, guaranteeing user privacy. However, for the moment, it will only be available for emails that are set to English. Once again, in Spain, the functions arrive later.
Apple forgets about Spanish speakers
The report also notes that the third beta of macOS 15.3 is now available, indicating that the first developer trials of macOS 15.4 and iPadOS 18.4 are just around the corner. This release will also bring a more advanced version of Siricapable of understanding more complex contexts and answering questions based on device-specific information.
Since the launch of iOS 18, Apple has been adding artificial intelligence-based functions to its operating systems little by little, gradually, without meeting the deadlines that the company announced at WWDC in June 2024. These include tools such as access to ChatGPT and image generation in iOS 18.2, as well as review of notification summaries in iOS 18.3. Although these improvements are not directly related to the organization of mail, they are a clear example of Apple’s continued effort to redefine the user experience on its devices.
This function, when it is available in Spain for our language, could mark a before and after, since the management of the inbox seems to be a pending subject that Apple has not yet finished polishing or delivering a native application at the height of other alternatives offered by the app market. As the release date approaches, attention will be on how this tool will be adapts to habits of macOS and iPadOS users.
