Apple Mail is getting some much-needed improvements in iOS 27, including a redesigned search system that makes older emails easier to find and new Siri controls that let users manage their inboxes with voice commands.
The four improvements coming to Mail address some familiar frustrations, from missing search results to repetitive tasks that previously required digging through menus.
Mail Search Finally Gets Fixed
Finding an old email in Apple’s Mail app has often been frustrating, especially when messages don’t appear in search results even though they’re still in your inbox.
iOS 27 introduces a new search ranking system that surfaces the most relevant messages first, including emails buried in older folders.
That means finding an important conversation from months or even years ago should no longer require scrolling through endless messages or trying several different search terms.
Apple has also made several performance improvements, including faster message loading, more reliable search indexing, better message formatting, and more accurate unread counts.
Together, these changes should make Mail more dependable when searching through years of messages.
Siri Takes Control of Your Inbox
The update adds “Ask Siri” controls throughout Mail, letting users manage messages with natural-language commands instead of navigating menus.
For example, you can ask Siri to delete emails from a particular sender instead of manually searching for those messages and selecting them one by one.
That could be especially useful for clearing out unwanted newsletters, promotional emails, and other messages that pile up over time.
Smart Reply is also getting an Apple Intelligence upgrade that uses your personal writing style to generate more natural responses.
Instead of relying entirely on generic suggestions, Mail can offer replies that better reflect how you typically communicate, making quick responses feel less like automated messages.
Apple is also expanding the suggested actions that appear inside messages to support third-party apps. Previously, those suggestions were largely limited to built-in features such as adding events to Calendar or opening addresses in Maps.
An email containing delivery information, for example, could offer tracking options from compatible apps.
When several apps support the same action, Mail can display them in a dropdown menu, letting you choose which app to use without leaving the message.
