Because the hardware is exceptional and we are tied to the ecosystem. The software has been stagnant for half a decade. New implementations are some toylike features to create cartoons.Then why people still with them?
Because the hardware is exceptional and we are tied to the ecosystem. The software has been stagnant for half a decade. New implementations are some toylike features to create cartoons.Then why people still with them?
Thanks! My first impression was that I didn't like it because the categories used seemed a bit arbitrary. But I didn't realize I could train it. I'll give it a try. And for all those panning this, well at least it's just an option and easy to turn off. I don't mind features that I don't like if I don't have to use them.Works for me. I find it very useful. To train it.
How to Recategorize a Sender:
- Open the Mail app: on your iPhone.
- Tap a message: from the sender you want to recategorize.
- For Primary messages: Tap the left-pointing blue arrow at the bottom of the screen, then tap "Categorize Sender".
- For messages in other categories:Tap the three-dot icon (•••) at the top right of the screen, then tap "Categorize Sender".
- Choose the desired category: (Primary, Transactions, Updates, or Promotions).
- All future emails: from that sender will now be automatically categorized in the chosen category.
Liking it or not isn't the issue, it just doesn't work. It was wrong 80% of the time on my iPhone, so I had to check every category every time I was looking for an email to make sure I didn't miss something. Additionally, it started promoting spam. I switched to Outlook on my work phone.
80% isn't an exaggeration.
But isn’t training it only applicable on 15 pro max and iPhone 16 models with Apple intelligence.Categories work great if you train it and then your primary category only has the email that you need to address immediately. I see post down grading it before even trying it. It better then the category in Spark email and google mail.
but it defaults to all mail regardless.Unfortunately the categorys icons heading each email are still there.
I already answered that here 😃Why would you hate RCS?
It also has a bug in the iOS implementation where it does not work behind a VPN. So annoying.I do know that mine sometimes causes a message not to be sent. I then have to try again and it works,.
Exactly. Really ugly, totally pointless iconography. Why? Who thought this was A Good Idea?Unfortunately the categorys icons heading each email are still there.
Fired and publicly humiliated would be even better. The mail app is garbage now. Many of us with early access since the first betas have complained, but Apple is hell-bent on forcing this crap. It's not just the categorization and list view, it's the other interface changes as well.Whomever thought this categorization idea was a good addition to the Mail app should be demoted.
But you can't turn it off. April Fools on me I guess for seeing this and thinking, "wow, I can turn it off??"! Nope. All we can choose is to not use the list view, only to have it go back to list view at times when jumping between account views or installing updates. Where can I turn off the stupid icons and attempts at categorizing and identifying? This clutters up the interface, wastes resources and it has no f*&@!%g clue what is what... Can't modify or organize categories, it's just arbitrary nonsense. I can manually "train" it to sort specific senders into the pre-defined categories. Would be better if they gave us smart mailboxes and mail filtering like on the Mac.It's on by default, but users can choose to turn it off if they want. So it's not mandatory as users don't use this much!
“Categories is the default view after updating to the new software”.they're giving users an option to use it, not forcing it on you. Don't use it if you don't like it.
Many users are drowning in email and this is a useful attempt to filter emails so you don't have to.
Also: gmail has mail categorization for like a decade and somehow the world is still here.
Yeah, I turned it off (for now). But they had a little pop up telling you about it and made it super easy to turn off. And by making it on just after updating they at least let people know clearly this view is an option. Taking two seconds just after an update is far from even annoying let alone a problem.“Categories is the default view after updating to the new software”.
I wished Apple would not force on me it as a default
But isn’t training it only applicable on 15 pro max and iPhone 16 models with Apple intelligence.
You can’t train it on the older devices bc there is no way for it to learn?
“Categories is the default view after updating to the new software”.
I wished Apple would not force on me it as a default