Oh yeah, I’ve been wanting this for a long time. Apple Insider reports that time/date-based tasks in the Reminders app will finally appear in the Calendar app alongside events.
I’ve used similar features before, most recently with Google Calendar and Tasks integration. It just makes plain sense to have time/date-based tasks appear on a visual time/date-based table — a calendar — rather than being confined to only a list.
Speaking of which, Apple’s Calendar app has different views for events, one of which is…a list view. So events have a list view option alongside a calendar (month) view, and now reminders will have a calendar (month) view in addition to their standard list view. Nice.
My guess is this functionality will be optional, which is good. Don’t want it? Keep it toggled off. And I imagine that Apple will polish this over time so that it looks and works well.
My other guess is that this is partly a result of Apple’s push for AI across its operating system with its bundled apps. It makes sense to tie similar or related data (events, tasks, reminders, appointments, alerts, alarms, notifications, notes) together for an AI algorithm to index or parse it all.
That said, I’m still reluctant to welcome AI with wide-open arms. My smartphone is “smart” enough. It doesn’t need to evolve into an Artificially Intelligent Phone. Siri is…Siri. Okay, allow reminders to appear on the calendar — finally. But let me use my own smarts to manage the details.
Now that I think about it though, the Reminders app has a feature that automatically groups grocery items into categories, neatly displaying them in a list with group headings. It works well and, I think, is an example of Apple using some kind of AI or neural algorithm in a very practical way that saves me time. If that’s any indication of automated intelligence, Apple’s AI might just be fantastic.
We’ll see soon enough. WWDC24 is an event on my calendar. Now I just need to add a reminder (alert, alarm, notification?) to the calendar for it.
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