My favorite Evernote features of 2026 (so far
August 17 2026 | Issue 108 | Link to this issue | Subscribe
Hi Reader –
In July, Evernote published its mid-year recap: 115+ improvements shipped since v11 arrived in January. There's a blog post walking through their highlights, a companion video, and a shared note listing all 115 if you want the full inventory.
If the pace of development has you feeling behind, you're not alone. Keeping up with Evernote is my full-time job and I struggle with it too. When I ask Academy members how they're finding it, the word that comes back most often is "overwhelmed."
So over the next two issues, I'm highlighting a handful of them – the ones I've gravitated toward most this year, and the ones I encourage Academy members to focus on.
I suggest focusing first on the note editor features. After all, the note is the basis of everything in Evernote, and this year brought several changes that make notes more powerful and more efficient to use.
Note Navigation Improvements
Two changes happened this year that work together to make structuring and navigating a long note easier.
Floating table of contents
On desktop and web, when a note contains headers, a slim widget now rides along the edge of the editor. Hover over it and you get a clickable list of every header in the note. Click one and you're there.
You control it in Settings → Preferences → Notes, where you can put it on the left, the right, or turn it off.
This is arguably my favorite feature of the year. It's a powerful improvement on the inserted Table of Contents block, which, in a long note, gets unruly. The floating version does the same job without taking up any room in the note itself, and you never have to scroll back to use it.
H4 extra-small heading style
Evernote added a fourth heading size this year. Pair it with the new toggle blocks feature and you can build five distinct layers of hierarchy inside a single note. And this gets reflected in the floating table of contents.
Note Editor Improvements
All of these have worked their way into my workflows, and I use most of them daily.
Revamped Insert menu
You can now search it directly instead of hunting visually, pin the items you use most, and see keyboard shortcuts alongside each option. This is the Insert menu Evernote users have been asking for.
Floating inline toolbar
Select text and a compact toolbar appears right where you're working, carrying your most-used formatting options and the heading styles. The value here is access – the tools arrive at your cursor instead of waiting for you at the top of the note.
Slash Commands inside list items
Slash Commands never worked inside a bulleted, numbered, or checkbox list. Now they do.
Callout blocks
Colored blocks with a customizable emoji make a key point in your note visually distinct from the surrounding text. And they render in the lite editor too, which makes callouts a strong option for adding instructions or context to notes you share with other people.
Dictation
Talk, and the words appear in your note in real time. Some people capture better by talking vs typing. If that's you, this changes what saving thoughts to Evernote looks like – particularly from your phone.
AI title suggestions
With at least 250 characters of content in a note, Evernote will propose a title for you. Click the suggestion again to cycle through alternatives. I pair this with the new AI Memory feature, which holds my naming convention, so captured receipts come back titled the way I want them without retyping the format every time.
As I frequently teach: a meaningful title is the single habit that keeps a large account feeling organized. Anything that lowers the effort of getting one is worth your attention.
🧠 Academy Members: Watch the full Feature Recap 2026 training, where I walk through every feature Evernote shipped in the first half of the year. It includes what's covered here, plus so much more. View the replay here.
Give these note editor features a try. They make using Evernote more functional, more efficient, or both.
Next week we'll continue our tour of my top new features of 2026.
Stay tuned –
Stacey
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