One of the big changes in iOS 18 was a new mail design, and like all new things, it did not go well with all iPhone owners. I know because I am in a way in this category of people who did not appreciate the categorization option that the mail has obtained or the look of primary contact photos.
I say that I am a bit like that because even if I had mail configured on my iPhone since always, I do not use it as the main messaging application. The Gmail application will do perfectly, so I don’t really care to get used to a new look and features of the iOS 18 messaging application.
However, Penty of People regularly uses mail, and I can certainly understand their aversion to the redesign. After all, we have seen such Apple reactions try to rethink certain iPhone key applications in the past. Safari and the photos come to my mind, the latter being the best example of a large apple overhaul that has obtained many negative reactions.
Back in the mail, Apple will allow you to correct the design with the iOS 18.5 update which will take place in the coming weeks. The change is already visible in iOS 18.5 Beta 1 which has recently been deployed to users.
Some of you may remember how much I hated contact photos when they arrived on iOS some time ago. I don’t want to see them on the locking screen during an incoming call or in the messages, so I quickly deactivated them. I would hate to see them in the messaging application. Fortunately, I do not use the application much (and there is a way to deactivate them now).
IOS 18.5 will correct the “outcome” contact photos by offering mail users a new menu that allows them to switch the functionality with a simple tick. It should have always been the case. You can deactivate contact photos in the mail before the iOS 18.5 update, but this required a visit to the Settings application, where you would be able to deactivate contact photos in the mail menu. You can always do it while you are waiting for iOS 18.5 to decrease.
As 9TO5MAC explainThe same menu will allow you to switch the group functionality by sender, which is also something that I would not necessarily want.
The same menu also allows you to switch between categories and list views. I do not use default categories in Gmail, so I do not pay attention to the functionality in the mail. You can opt for the list view in iOS 18 now by going to the three -point menu at the top.
It is in fact the menu which will keep all the “correction” of the mail which will make the application look like the previous version once iOS 18.5 will arrive. Access the three -point menu to switch between categories and list views, and activate / deactivate the group by sender and display contact photo options.
Since Apple repairs things, the photo application could use its own fixation, although there is a way to make the iOS 18 design disappear in the photos.
If you are on the beta iOS 18 update path, you can try the new modifications by installing the iOS 18.5 Beta 1 version.
