iOS 27 Public Beta FINALLY Fixed Apple's Mail App! Here Is Everything New!

iOS 27 Beta: Major Functional Upgrades to Apple Mail

iOS 27 beta introduces major functional upgrades to Apple’s native Mail app (while the UI looks mostly similar). These improvements are driven by Siri AI / Apple Intelligence, improved indexing, and a redesigned search system.

What’s New / Key Improvements in Apple Mail

Finally Fixed Mail Search

One of the biggest changes is a long-requested improvement to Mail search (described as the speaker’s main complaint from ~10 years ago).

• Search is described as “masterful” and much more accurate after an initial indexing period.
  • Recommendation: after first install, give it a couple of days if you have a large inbox, since indexing can take time.
• Results are now tiered/ranked rather than strictly chronological.
  • Older emails may appear above newer ones if they’re judged more relevant.

New Unread Badge Behavior (Notification Customization)

The unread badge count behavior has changed.

• Previously, the red unread badge included unread mail across all categories (Primary, Spam, Promotions/Updates, etc.).
• Now there’s an option so the badge can count only unread messages in Primary.
  • This helps avoid noisy “tens of thousands” unread counts.

Search Suggestions with Richer Third-Party Actions

Mail search can surface richer UI and actions for certain items—especially transactional or itinerary-type emails.

• Example: searching for flight bookings
  • Mail surfaces flight details such as departure/arrival timing and locations.
• Supports an expanded action list, such as:
  • Add to Calendar
  • Track flight
  • Open in Maps
• Supports third-party app intents, like Flighty, showing up directly in the Mail search results/action UI.

Smart Replies That Learn Personal Writing Style

Smart Reply / autocomplete-style suggestions improve over time.

• Suggestions better match the user’s typical phrasing.
• Siri “learns” how the user types and rewrites, then generates suggestions accordingly.
• The user can read, edit, or delete suggested replies.

Siri AI Examples Tied to Mail (and Other Apps)

Siri can answer questions by pulling context from Mail and Messages (and presumably from the indexed mailbox).

• “When does my daughter have her field trip?”
  • Siri compiles relevant details including location and timing.
• Spending analytics from Mail:
  • “How much have I spent grading cards with TAG?”
  • Siri uses email information across multiple sources over years.
• Flight info lookup from indexed booking email.

Mass Email Deletion via Siri

Siri can also delete messages based on sender/domain criteria.

• Example shown: “delete the mail I get from FedEx.”
• After the voice command, the sender’s emails are verified as removed from Mail search results.

Related Ecosystem Benefit: Wallet Order Tracking

The improved Mail parsing reportedly benefits Wallet order tracking.

• The speaker notes order tracking now picks up emails that previously failed to populate tracking data.
• They cite an example span where far fewer orders appeared before this change.

Settings / Recommendations Mentioned

Mail Settings

• In Mail settings, the speaker recommends leaving options enabled to get the best Siri search/interaction results.

Notifications Settings

• In notifications settings, choose whether unread badge counts represent:
  • all unread messages, or
  • only Primary unread messages (preferred to avoid noisy counts).

Review / Tutorial Framing (What the Video Is For)

The walkthrough/review covers everything new in iOS 27 Mail, focusing on:

• search improvements
• Siri integrations
• smart replies
• badge/notification behavior

It also includes demos of:

• search suggestions for bookings (calendar/maps/track actions + third-party intent)
• Siri answering using indexed inbox history
• voice-based mass deletion
• Wallet order tracking improvement

Main Speakers / Sources

• Fernando (speaker; creator of the video “iOS 27 Public Beta FINALLY Fixed Apple’s Mail App! Here Is Everything New!”)
  • Provides the demos and personal review observations.