iOS 26’s messaging filters are effective but tedious to use

iOS 26’s messaging filters are effective but tedious to use

Apple revealed iOS 26 at this year’s WWDC, and one of the biggest new features making its debut in the upcoming release of iOS 26 is message filtering. This finally lets us take control of our messages to help cut down on spam and other nonsense we don’t want. The downside, though, is that iOS 26’s message filters are pretty tedious to use. Despite being effective, which is a huge win for Apple given its past AI failings, message filters actuall…