Apple is bringing polls to Messages in iOS 26

Apple announced at WWDC 2025 on Monday that it’s bringing polls to Messages in its upcoming iOS 26 update. The feature has been highly requested by users, and is one that has been long adopted by services like WhatsApp and Telegram.

The feature will allow users to vote on different things directly within group chats. For example, you could create a poll to decide where your next girls’ brunch will be located, or which novel you and your book club are going to read next.

Apple shared that Apple Intelligence will be able to suggest polls based on the context of your conversations. For example, if someone messages: “What should we eat?” Apple Intelligence will suggest starting a poll.

While this new feature is in no way groundbreaking, it’s nice to see Apple catch up to other chat services and give users a better way to plan and decide things right within their group chats.

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