The New Polymail Search: Advanced Filters and Unified Experience Across Desktop and iOS

Pulin Thakkar

Email search is supposed to help you find what matters, but for years, it’s been limited by design. Most inboxes only scratch the surface — showing results but not understanding context, patterns, or the way you actually think when you’re looking for something specific.

We've reimagined and refined Polymail Search to solve that. The new experience on iOS and desktop makes searching feel natural, powerful, and fully in rhythm with your workflow. It combines the flexibility of a power tool with the simplicity of an interface that stays out of your way.

What Search Now Does

The redesigned Polymail Search gives you complete control over your inbox. Whether you're trying to resurface a contract, chase a lead, or revisit a past decision, speed and precision in search aren’t just nice-to-have—they’re critical. You can search across every account, every folder, and every attachment.

Type natural queries like pdf after:last week or stack multiple filters to pinpoint exactly what you need. The app interprets your words, automatically resolving terms like “last week” into a date range. It keeps you in context while giving you power-user precision.

Search isn’t an isolated feature anymore. It’s now part of how you move through your inbox — find something, act on it, and continue working without breaking rhythm.

Depth of Filters

Polymail now supports nine filters, a flexible date picker, and full compound logic, letting you refine results in ways that other inboxes can’t.

Most modern email clients offer 4–7 filters, but often lack compound logic or full cross-account coverage. That limits your ability to combine parameters or narrow searches precisely.

In Polymail, you can stack multiple filters — by contact, attachment, inbox, or date — and watch results adjust live. Whether you’re narrowing by “has:attachment,”, "is:read", "is:unreplied", “from:marco,” or “before:last week,” you stay fully in control.

Precision of Results

When you find the message you were looking for, you can act on it immediately.

Reply, label, or archive directly from the results screen without switching views or losing momentum. Other clients stop at surfacing messages. Polymail continues into the workflow, letting you finish what you started in one smooth motion.

This continuity makes a measurable difference for users who spend most of their day inside the inbox. The focus stays on the work, not the tool.

Designed Around Human Flow

Most email apps treat Search as a detached tool — something separate from your inbox flow. For example, some rely on modals or secondary interfaces that interrupt context rather than enhance it.

We're taking a different approach. Filters appear inline, selections adjust instantly, and the whole experience stays anchored inside your inbox so search becomes an extension of your thinking, not a break from it.

Unified Across Devices

The new Search is fully mirrored between desktop and iOS, creating one consistent experience wherever you work.

Each filter, search rule, and result behaves the same across platforms. You can start refining results on desktop, then pick up right where you left off on your phone with no mental adjustment.

That continuity creates a usability edge for anyone managing multiple devices or accounts. Unlike free inboxes, which differ noticeably between web and mobile, Polymail maintains a single, predictable structure.

Where We Stand

Among modern inboxes, Polymail now offers one of the most flexible, high-context search experiences available (especially on iOS, where power-user filters are often limited).

It combines precision filters, compound logic, and real-time responsiveness, all wrapped in a human-centered interface that stays true to the rhythm of daily work.

Search is now part of the way you think and move inside Polymail.

What’s Next

We’re continuing to refine Search based on how you use it. Upcoming improvements include smarter auto-complete, additional date range options, and faster cross-account search.

The new iOS version will be available soon in the App Store.

Ready to try search that matches your pace? Connect any email account and see the difference. Please tell us what feels smooth, what could improve, and how it fits into your daily flow.

Polymail is built for operators who rely on precision to go fast. With this update, Search finally feels like it’s keeping pace.

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