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Feature Expansion: Automatic email categorization in Apple Mail, introduced in iOS 18, will arrive on macOS and iPadOS in April with macOS 15.4 and iPadOS 18.4 updates.
Categorization System: Emails are sorted into "Primary," "Transactions," "Updates," and "Promotions," but users can't create custom categories or modify sorting rules.
User Adjustments: Manually moving an email between categories trains the app for future categorization of emails from the same sender.
Device Compatibility: The feature works entirely on-device and doesn’t require Apple Intelligence, making it accessible to non-M-series Macs and iPads.
User Preferences: Some users prefer a unified inbox view over categorized sorting to avoid missing important emails misfiled under less critical categories.
Mac Alternatives: Mac users often opt for third-party apps like Mimestream, especially for Gmail/Workspace accounts, but Apple's sorting may provide a viable native alternative.
Beta Progress: macOS 15.3 is in beta testing, and early developer builds of macOS 15.4 with this feature are expected in the coming weeks.
Related Updates: Recent iOS updates have introduced features like ChatGPT access in 18.2 and refined notification summaries in 18.3, showing Apple's phased rollout of Intelligence features.