iOS 26’s new Messages feature got better when I changed this one setting<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>Apple’s Messages app
scored a bunch of new features in iOS 26, including a new ‘Screen Unknown Senders’ option meant to eliminate spam texts. My initial experience with the feature wasn’t great, but tweaking one key setting has changed that.</p>
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iOS 26’s new Messages feature got better when I changed this one setting
