Although there are still a few months left until its launch, there are already public betas of iOS 18, so we can try the new iPhone operating system coming in September. Among its many new features (and while waiting for the biggest ones with Apple Intelligence), there is one that stands out in particular in terms of productivity.
Finally, “Reminders” and “Calendar” go hand in hand
For years, and somewhat absurdly, Apple had clearly differentiated its two native apps to control events and tasks. On the one hand, we had a redesigned “Reminders” app in iOS 17 and on the other a “Calendar” that, beyond some visual changes, was the same as usual.
While it may be interesting at some point to separate the contents of one from the other, there are times when It’s interesting to be able to see everything in the same panel. So that we can see both the events added to the calendar and the specific reminders at a certain time. However, this did not happen in iOS 17, nor in any other previous version.
The only option to check in ‘Calendar’ is for tasks added to ‘Reminders’ to also appear
For this reason, there was no choice but to resort to third-party apps like “Fantastical” to have everything together. However, with the new iOS 18, the rumors are true. Finally These are still independent apps, but we can see the reminders in the ‘Calendar’ appwhich is particularly remarkable among the home screen widgets, because with just one we will already have a complete view of our upcoming events and scheduled tasks.
You can also disable this union and that only events added voluntarily continue to appear in the “Calendar” application without mixing with what is added in “Reminders”. After all, there will be user profiles who, for whatever reason, will prefer to part with them. The fact is that there is room for both options.
Another positive point of this union between applications is that also comes to iPad and Mac thanks to iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. It is precisely in the field of computers that this perhaps makes the most sense, since they are, in most cases, the epicenter of our work.
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