{"id":15847,"date":"2025-07-22T16:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T16:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/15847\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T16:21:10","slug":"finally-ios-26-solves-an-annoying-copy-paste-limitation-in-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/15847\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally! iOS 26 Solves an Annoying Copy-Paste Limitation in Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Apple under fire for delaying<\/a> some of its AI-powered Siri features, many of its smaller iOS improvements have gone largely unnoticed.<\/p>\n

One such improvement, however, is coming to the Messages app. Currently, copying a portion of a text message requires you to copy the entire message, paste it elsewhere, and chop off the parts you don’t need.\u00a0With iOS 26<\/a>, that’s changing. <\/p>\n

As spotted<\/a> by MacRumors, you can now hold down a message and pick the new Select option to highlight specific parts of the text you’d like to copy. The feature brings up a selection tool; just adjust the drag handles and select Copy to continue.<\/p>\n

This feature could be useful in scenarios where a contact sends a lot of details about a person or a business, and you just want to copy their name and drop it in Google Search or Maps. It works for both text messages and iMessages.<\/p>\n

Currently, most messaging apps<\/a>, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and Telegram, bring up emoji reactions for double-taps, whereas the same action on desktop results in a text-selection tool. Also, while they let you copy a specific link within a message on mobile, they don’t let you copy specific text.<\/p>\n

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I tried the new text-selection tool on my iPhone 14 running the iOS 26 developer beta<\/a>, and it wasn’t as smooth as I expected. But that’s typical for developer betas. A more refined public beta of iOS 26 is expected this week.<\/p>\n

Apart from the selection tool, other interesting iOS 26 updates for the Messages app<\/a> include Polls, Live Translation with Apple Intelligence<\/a>, typing indicators for group chats, updated message filters, and natural language search.<\/p>\n

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