It’s been a feature that, admittedly, should’ve been available years ago.
Photo by Tucker Bowe for Gear Patrol
By Tucker Bowe
Published July 30, 2025
When iOS 26 rolls out this fall, it will deliver several highly anticipated new features to your iPhone’s Messages app.
At June’s WWDC, Apple revealed that the Messages app will get typing indicators for group chats, the ability to create polls to vote on, custom backgrounds, a live translation feature, and a dedicated folder to filter out spam messages.
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However, now that early adopters have gotten their hands on the pubic betas, it’s been uncovered that Apple is adding another highly-requested new ability to Messages. It’s one that’s been a long time coming.
A better way to copy
The iPhone on the left is running iOS 18, while the iPhone on the right is running the public beta of iOS 26. The latter has the new “Select” option for copying text.Photo by Tucker Bowe for Gear Patrol
To date, a common frustration with the iPhone’s Messages app has had to do with its “Copy” function.
Instead of being able to copy a single word or phrase from an iMessage that somebody has sent you, you’re only option has been to copy the entire message. And that’s annoying.
Source:
https://www.gearpatrol.com/tech/ios-26-imessage-copy-text/
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