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Mail no longer buries the ‘Select’ button in iOS 26 beta 5


A small but annoying change in iOS 26 beta has been driving Mail app users bananas since June. As of...

A small but annoying change in iOS 26 beta has been driving Mail app users bananas since June. iOS 26 beta 1 through 4 required an additional tap before entering select mode to choose multiple emails to mark as read or archive. It doesn’t sound like a big deal when you put it like that, but the feedback was more about a general trend of burying primary controls behind “…” buttons.

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