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How to get your email marketing ready for iOS 18

Martech

Because Apple Mail accounts for nearly half of all email opens, these changes have a considerable reach. iOS 15 and mail privacy protection To get a sense of the impact iOS 18 will have, lets look at the disruption caused by iOS 15 in 2021. This really was the first major disruption to measuring email opens.

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Apple and Gmail make it harder for email campaigns to get to the inbox

Martech

The answer is yes if the update is iOS 15 (and Mail Privacy Protection, or MPP). Because iOS 15 thoroughly messed up the accuracy of open rates, Apple Mail users who opted into MPP were generally tracked as opening every email sent by brands they subscribed to. Increased steps to viewing a specific email.

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Free speech, Meta, data privacy and email: A delicate balance or a complete disconnect?

Martech

Still, it fell short of the proactive opt-in requirements mandated by the EUs 2002 e-privacy directive and the U.S. Email marketers largely embraced opt-in standards to build trust and protect the channels integrity, and the industry continued to rely on blocklists in 2025. blocklist providers. Dig deeper: U.S.

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iOS 18.2’s email ramifications: What we know so far

Martech

Preheaders are being phased out of the “All Mail.” Open rates aren’t reliable since most impacted users have already opted into the Mail Privacy Protection in iOS 15. Dig deeper: How to get your email marketing ready for iOS 18 Email changes from iOS 18.2 The changes introduced by iOS 18.2

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Mail Privacy Protection and iOS 15

Blue Flame Thinking

This update pushed privacy settings back into the spotlight and required users to opt in to tracking, of which only 5% of users approve. With the expected launch of iOS 15 this September, Apple is adding another highly debated privacy feature, Mail Privacy Protection. The Challenges of Increased Privacy.

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How to Measure Email Marketing Success: Beyond Open Rate

Litmus

That’s why we created the “Email Analytics in 2022: A Survival Guide.” This handy resource will help you understand: Why email analytics like the open rate don’t mean what they once did. For years, core metrics like email open rates were a staple in email marketing programs. Why have email metrics changed?

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It’s time to say goodbye to your email open rate

Martech

Here’s how these changes impact email marketing, including open rates, and why measuring direct engagement is crucial for success. legislation isn’t quite as explicit in requiring email marketers’ opt-in consent as GDPR. Security bots may inflate click rates in email reports. Still, the explosion in U.S.