animation in Apple Mail
Works animation works in Apple Mail.
Works in 5 of 21 · partial in 1 · not supported in 15
Which clients
- Works
- Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, HEY Mail, Fastmail
- Partial
- Superhuman
- Not supported
- Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Thunderbird, Proton Mail, AOL Mail
The fix for the clients that need it
Needed in 16 of 21: Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS and 13 more.
Replace CSS animation with an animated GIF
<!-- Use an animated GIF for the effect -->
<img src="https://example.com/badge-animated.gif"
width="60" height="24" alt="New!"
style="display: inline-block; border: 0;" />Show the original
<style>
@keyframes pulse { 0%, 100% { opacity: 1; } 50% { opacity: 0.5; } }
.badge { animation: pulse 2s infinite; }
</style>
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What Apple Mail does with animation
The Emailens probe for animation on a real install counted as Apple Mail, captured 14 Oct 2026. It shows the probe, not the fix. Where animation is supported it shows: green (red means unsupported).
caniemail: animation works in Apple Mail.
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Works in 7 of 21 · partial in 3 · not supported in 10 · 1 untested
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Works in 6 of 21 · not supported in 14 · 1 untested
Questions
- How many email clients support animation?
- It works in 5 of 21, partial in 1, not supported in 15.
- Does animation work in Apple Mail iOS?
- animation works in Apple Mail iOS. Closest to Apple Mail: Apple Mail iOS, which agrees on 284 of the 298 features both are tested on.
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Real captures 14 Oct 2026 on 10 installs · caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 7 Apr 2026 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping