mail slow to update in iOS 13

Would it be a good idea to start using Outlook while the issue is being addressed by Apple?

iOS 13.3 has not resolved the Apple Mail issue.

This problem is only present with my gmail address. The issue is not present when using my icloud address.

Thanks Scott...as you can see, your experience mirrors my own with only one min over 10 days difference.

not that it matters but I think you will likely find that your mail app will download new mail for 1-5 mins after you background it. After that, my strong hypothesis is that 13.x shuts it down so hard it doesn’t wake up for notifications.

ironic that Microsoft’s mail app works infinitely better on Apple hardware than apple’s does.

13.2.2 is out...but my early tests are not promising...

I've done a hard reboot after updating and maybe that will do something, but I assume that updating to a new version also does a hard reboot.

Please add your feedback if able...

@Scott,

Yes, the memory leak / multi-task issue does seem to be fixed and my mail actually flowed as expected for about the first eight hours...but now it is back to hibernating unless recently having been in foreground.

I assume this is what's happening to you as well?

Just upgraded my iPad Pro from the 2017 version and I am experiencing slow email loads as well as crashed when searching for email senders and subjects. The app freezes, acts like it’s “thinking” a bit and then crashes.

This is a bug in BOTH the latest iOS and iPadOS builds.

Please issue an update as this is critical functionality and moving to an alternate email solution isn’t desirable for many of us.

Thanks.

Update almost working for me. Before I had to go out of inbox into sent or other box then back to inbox for new email to show. Now on opening app I don't instantly see new email but if I refresh (pulling down) they all flood in (that didn't work in the last update)

My problem is slightly bigger. No matter which client I use (my main Mail app is Spark but I also use iOS Mail), I always have to wait minutes to hours for new mail to show up.

The only solution I know is using the dedicated GMail App for my GMail account which of course doesn’t solve anything for my work account that also takes ages to show new mail.

These problems persist on my iPhone 11 and also on my iPad Pro 2017 which is kind of irritating. It all started without me being aware of changes I made to my routine that could be connected to these issues.

I already tried resetting the network settings, removing and re-adding the accounts, force restart and whatnot....all to no avail.

Came here for this. Mail has been impossibly slow since iOS13. Please fix this Apple.

To get new mail to show up have to force shut the app closed and then reopen. And then still have to wait 30 seconds to load mail, if I’m lucky. It’s like the mail app has become a game of chance. Will new mail load if I refresh and refresh again? Or should I quit app. Start over. Wait. Refresh? Feeling lucky?! Never had a single mail issue for 10 years prior to ios13.

Apple are you listening? Thx.

I'm having the same issue. Email app shows badge with X unread emails but after opening the app I have to wait 10+ seconds to download those emails. Sometimes I have to manualy "pull down" to start downloading those emails. The last update 13.2.3 didn't change anything despite the fact it should target this very problem.

Sadly, Apple is now going down that same sorry path that Microsoft did two decades ago. They’re churning out bloated, slow software.

IOS 13 is the new Windows 7.😤

I cannot actually recall any update in the last two years which has resulted in the slightest improvement to my user experience.

I have similar sluggish problem plus extra. I have a new iPhone 11. I use extra mailboxes (SaneBox). I notice that any new mail does not show up until I go into each of the mailboxes. With previous iPhones, any new mail would be fetched every 30 minutes, or more often I would manually fetch the mail and any new mail would show up. Very odd as the settings on the new iPhone are exactly the same.

Yes, I am using Outlook, and the problem is exactly the same as for many other users are now experiencing with emails, ever since iOS13.

Ii is incredible that Apple is neither acknowledging nor dealing with this problem.

Same problem... I see there is an email waiting to be read but when I open iOS email no new messages appear... Wait a "few" (like 10) seconds and poof there it is... If I click on the unread email filter it appears immediately.

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