After years going mostly unchanged, Apple’s Calendar app has started improving quickly over the last few months. And there’s one recent feature in particular that I’ve long wanted, and it’s made a big difference for me: integrating Reminders with the Calendar app.
Calendar now has a full schedule overview thanks to Reminders integration
The iPhone’s Calendar and Reminders apps, until recently, were two entirely separate and siloed apps.
But with iOS 18, Apple fully baked Reminders’ basic functionality into the Calendar app.
For me, this has been a very welcome upgrade for one main reason: now I can finally get an accurate overview of my day right inside the Calendar app.
Calendar’s integration with Reminders means you can see all scheduled reminders right alongside your calendar events.
And I tend to use scheduled reminders a lot. They provide a helpful way for me to stay on top of various home tasks and work priorities.
Before iOS 18, if I wanted to understand what a given day’s schedule looked like, I would have to open both the Calendar app and Reminders.
Looking at Calendar alone wasn’t enough, because then I’d miss out on important scheduled work throughout my day.
But now I can see it all in just one place.
All of my scheduled reminders are listed in-line chronologically with calendar events, so with a quick glance at the Calendar app I have an instant understanding of what my full day’s going to look like.
The only drawback: you can’t currently enable only certain Reminders lists inside the Calendar app. You have to show either all scheduled reminders (regardless of list), or disable reminders entirely.
That limitation aside, merging Reminders with Calendar has been a fantastic change that’s made a big difference in my daily use.
Do you use Reminders inside Apple’s Calendar app too? Why or why not? Let us know in the comments.
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