About time. The calendar app has been an embarrassment on the phone forever!
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iOS 18: Calendar App Design Changes and Reminders Integration
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Still outclassed by Outlook and several other apps. Really inexcusable.
Apple in iOS 18 has given the Calendar app a major update, adding some welcome interface design changes, not to mention long-awaited integration with Reminders.
In the month-by-month calendar view, the month now appears in large bold font in the top left, while the Events list toggle has been replaced by a new button that lets you choose between Compact, Stacked, Details, and List views.
The Compact view looks similar to the standard view in iOS 17, with events indicated by dots (but now colored to indicate which calendar they belong to), while the Stacked view displays each day's events as long thin pills on top of each other.
The new Details view shows the title of every event across the month. One neat additional touch here is that you can use a pinch to zoom gesture to expand or reduce the calendar and create more or less space between the days to view more items. This action also gradually switches between the Compact, Stacked, and Details views. Elsewhere, the List view should be familiar, and shows the month with the selected day's events listed below.
In the Today view, you can now switch between a Single Day or Multi Day view, with the latter providing details of all the day's events alongside any upcoming events for the following day.
When you tap the + icon in the top-right corner, a "New" card appears where you can switch between "Event" and "Reminder" tabs at the top. Reminders now appear in your calendar views, where you can mark them as completed.
You can also tap a reminder to get a Reminder Details screen, which includes the associated reminder list, plus a link to view that item within the Reminders app. There's also an Edit button in the top-right of the Reminder Details screen, which lets you change everything about the reminder that you can in Reminders, except without you having to leave the Calendar app.
iOS 18 is currently in beta for Apple Developer Program members, with a public beta to follow in July. The update should be widely released in September, but bear in mind that Apple could always make Calendar app changes based on feedback before then.
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I love this change and I dropped the free version of Fantastical as a result. One thing I've noticed is that in watchOS 11 DB 1, you can't check off a reminder in the calendar app. If you tap on it, it takes you to a page that tells you to view it in the Reminders app, and you can check it off from there. I'm sure that'll be fixed.
It would be fantastic if we could set a reminder time for calendar time blocking. Say 90 minutes for a single reminder. Fantastical has been awesome for years, but I'm likely to drop my subscription for the stock apps.
I use itsycal
I'm old enough to remember when they were together the first time. I also remember when Mail let you also have RSS feeds
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Fantastical still has great features, but man they must be sweating a bit with this leap forward.
Apple making a move like this will definitely get them to notice.
Fantastical has been moving more and more towards business clients with their offering, in my opinion. I used them early on before they went sub.
Once reminders are marked 'done' they should be removed from view in the Calendar app. Or, at least, there should be a selection in preferences to show or not show completed reminders. Leaving them in there once completed REALLY clogs up the interface.
ME TOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I feel as though I am solely responsible for this update. Clearly at least two of us harass apple.com/feedback on a regular basis regarding this issue. Virtual fist bumps, comrade.
Side note: I wonder if they keep track of individuals who send feedback... "Oh, it's THIS guy again asking for Dictionary history in macOS. Okay, fine." I seriously send feedback at least once a week on... something.
I've not checked iOS 18 (as I rolled back and am waiting for the next beta) but the new MacOS calendar still doesn't allow the start and end times to be in different timezones.
iCal supports it, and so I can manually create an iCal file and load it (or just click "add to calendar" on most airline websites) but I'd still like the option to add events with different start and end timezones.
iCal supports it, and so I can manually create an iCal file and load it (or just click "add to calendar" on most airline websites) but I'd still like the option to add events with different start and end timezones.
With the more detailed monthly view plus the reminders integration it is now enough to cancel my Fantastical subscription. While I appreciate the Flexibits team, the price of my family subscription (which in the end only my wife and I embraced with my high school and college age kids electing to stay with native Calendars) and with my limited home / non-business needs its just too much to justify. I do wish new calendar entry was simpler, more native language but perhaps I just need to embrace using Siri to do it plus anticipate the integrations with native Apple Intelligence will come to Calendars first vs. a 3rd party app via an API.
How do you even know who worked on this? It could very well be entry/low level engineers or interns, in which case your random rant is non-sensical.
lol.. was just saying.. based on the fact that last almost 5 years, they have nothing to show for. Did they make any progress on anything significant?
They can't bring real os to ipad(fail).
Laptop's just been getting hardware refreshed.
Iphones been stagnant.
Big failure in VR headsets.
Big failure in car
ZERO innovation in AI(just trying to buy out another company).
So I don't see what they have been really working on w/ their top engineers..
Look. I am all apple... at least i was..
Own 2 mbp and 2 ipad and 2 iphones and 3 airpods pro... I love their ****. But for the first time, I am really gonna consider surface pro.. that should tell you something.
Own 2 mbp and 2 ipad and 2 iphones and 3 airpods pro... I love their ****. But for the first time, I am really gonna consider surface pro.. that should tell you something.
Now to make sharing calendars and calendar events better... I had to make a new google account just to have proper shared calendars for work, school, and family. Sharing events should work without needing invitees' emails. Allow direct export to .ical or .ics, which can be sent with AirDrop, iMessage, a social media post, Mail, wherever. There's no technical limitation preventing this. I simply want to send details of a single event to someone, that they can add to their calendar with a simple "save event" tap. The current workaround* is sending a screenshot, and recipient adding to their calendar manually. Ridiculous.
*native—users shouldn't need another app (with invasive tracking, subscription, account, etc) to accomplish this.
*native—users shouldn't need another app (with invasive tracking, subscription, account, etc) to accomplish this.
Still no 7-day week view like Pocket Informant. Can tell their designers don't use their calendars for work.
Apple in iOS 18 has given the Calendar app a major update, adding some welcome interface design changes, not to mention long-awaited integration with Reminders.
In the month-by-month calendar view, the month now appears in large bold font in the top left, while the Events list toggle has been replaced by a new button that lets you choose between Compact, Stacked, Details, and List views.
The Compact view looks similar to the standard view in iOS 17, with events indicated by dots (but now colored to indicate which calendar they belong to), while the Stacked view displays each day's events as long thin pills on top of each other.
The new Details view shows the title of every event across the month. One neat additional touch here is that you can use a pinch to zoom gesture to expand or reduce the calendar and create more or less space between the days to view more items. This action also gradually switches between the Compact, Stacked, and Details views. Elsewhere, the List view should be familiar, and shows the month with the selected day's events listed below.
In the Today view, you can now switch between a Single Day or Multi Day view, with the latter providing details of all the day's events alongside any upcoming events for the following day.
When you tap the + icon in the top-right corner, a "New" card appears where you can switch between "Event" and "Reminder" tabs at the top. Reminders now appear in your calendar views, where you can mark them as completed.
You can also tap a reminder to get a Reminder Details screen, which includes the associated reminder list, plus a link to view that item within the Reminders app. There's also an Edit button in the top-right of the Reminder Details screen, which lets you change everything about the reminder that you can in Reminders, except without you having to leave the Calendar app.
iOS 18 is currently in beta for Apple Developer Program members, with a public beta to follow in July. The update should be widely released in September, but bear in mind that Apple could always make Calendar app changes based on feedback before then.
Article Link: iOS 18: Calendar App Design Changes and Reminders Integr