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Apple Intelligence has the power to summarize notifications, messages, emails, and more. This makes it easy for you to get the most important information at a glance. Find out how to enable iOS 18’s summary feature in the Mail app.

The Mail app on your iPhone is about to get a lot more useful, thanks to mail categories. Many other email apps have had features like this for a long time, but now the Mail app finally allows you to filter your emails with different categories. Find how the new Mail app in iOS 18 works.

In the fall of 2024, Apple introduced a feature that lets users easily hide apps on iPhones running iOS 18 and later. One downside is that not all apps can be hidden. Another is that all your hidden apps go to a locked Hidden folder in the App Library.

I will be the first to admit that I am not an expert linguist. I was a Russian major in college and even spent a few months in St. Petersburg (the one in Russia), but I graduated college in 2011. By 2022, I had forgotten almost everything I spent four long years learning. And back when I was learning Russian, I had the benefit of long-tenured professors teaching clueless college students all six Russian cases. I’m not a natural language learner, either! My father took five years to graduate college because he couldn’t get through his German requirement, and I inherited those skills.

The iPhone camera can take breathtaking photos. But as your digital photo storage fills up, it can be easy to forget or lose some of those captured memories. Outside of posting them on social media or printing them out for an old-school photo album, there are many surprisingly fun ways to enjoy your favorite photos on a more regular basis.

Did you know you can customize how long it takes for your Apple Watch to return to the clock face from an open app? Here's how to keep apps open for different amounts of time on your Apple Watch.

Now, there's an easy way to rewrite any text or email in just a matter of seconds. With Apple Intelligence, you can now let your iPhone’s AI rewrite text for you. We'll show you how!