iOS 26: Get a Callback Reminder for a Missed Call

[MacRumors]

Keeping track of missed calls can be challenging if you're juggling several tasks during the day. Thankfully, iOS 26 introduces a streamlined way to set callback reminders directly from the Phone app, making it less likely that you'll forget to return important calls.

Set a Callback Reminder for a Missed Call

When iOS 26 launches this fall (or if you're already on the beta), you'll be able to create callback reminders in the following way:

1. Open the Phone app.
2. Tap the Calls tab, then scroll down to Recents.
3. Swipe left across a missed call, then tap the blue clock icon.
4. Choose one of the following: Remind Me in 1 hour, Remind Me Tonight, Remind Me Tomorrow, Remind Me Later...

That's all there is to it. If you choose Remind Me Later..., you'll see a New Reminder interface where you can customize the reminder's time and date, and also choose which Reminders list it should be added to. The callback reminder will appear in your Reminders app with the contact's name, phone number, and any notes you added.

Managing Call Reminders

All call reminders appear automatically in the Reminders app. You can view, edit, or mark these reminders as complete just like any other reminder. To quickly call someone back from a reminder notification, simply tap the alert and then tap the phone icon in the reminder details.

Note that iOS 26 is currently in beta testing and will be released this fall alongside Apple's new iPhone 17 models, and the exact interface and options may vary slightly in the final release.

Article Link: iOS 26: Get a Callback Reminder for a Missed Call

 

[thiscatisfat]

Compatible iPhone Models

Callback Reminder for a Missed Call requires Apple Intelligence, which limits availability to the following iPhone models:

• iPhone 15 Pro
• iPhone 15 Pro Max
• iPhone 16e
• iPhone 16
• iPhone 16 Plus
• iPhone 16 Pro
• iPhone 16 Pro Max

jk

Edit: to the individuals who don’t recognize “jk”, this comment is a joke. It’s a joke, alright? It’s not real. It’s a sarcastic joke in reference to this. Jesus.

 

[Godspeed8230]

Compatible iPhone Models

Callback Reminder for a Missed Call requires Apple Intelligence, which limits availability to the following iPhone models:

• iPhone 15 Pro
• iPhone 15 Pro Max
• iPhone 16e
• iPhone 16
• iPhone 16 Plus
• iPhone 16 Pro
• iPhone 16 Pro Max

jk

Wait, are you serious? Apple Intelligence for a Reminder feature?

 

[rbbloom99]

I will turn THAT off immediately. Most of my missed calls are spam calls these days.

 

[The Cockney Rebel]

iOS 26 is such a huge step forward.

So many improvement of life updates.

I’m looking forward to the full release.

 

[roronl]

This list is not complete; it works also on my iPhone 15 plus.

 

[and 1989 others]

Another step towards normalising how saturated our lives are with utter nonsense.

If you miss a call, and it's important, they will call you back. If they don't it cannot be that important can it?

Personally I deliberatly miss calls if I don't feel like talking. Learned that from an unbothered father who used to regularly let his phone ring and not even look who it was

 

[smoothride]

I will turn THAT off immediately. Most of my missed calls are spam calls these days.

Did you even read the article? It says you set the reminder yourself, it is not by default. Please take time to read before you comment ok?

 

[vegetassj4]

Yeah, but is it built from the ground up for Apple Intelligence? I need that to be able to remind myself to call back the IRS so that they won’t issue an arrest warrant for me from the local sheriff, or that carrier that needs money to release my package tha I didn’t order, from customs.

 

[adrianlondon]

To all those commenting, the second post was a "joke".

This has nothing to do with AI. In fact, it's so simple not only does it work on my iPhone 11, but it would still be beyond Apple's AI capabilities 😁

 

[ifxf]

I wonder if the OS will crash if you attempt to use the feature after deleting the Reminder app?

 

[GoodTimeNotALongTime]

Wait, are you serious? Apple Intellegince for a Reminder feature?

Nope, Apple Intelligence not required. Works great on my iPhone 12. Apparently this was an attempt at humor. Emphasis on ‘attempt’.

 

[thiscatisfat]

Wait, are you serious? Apple Intellegince for a Reminder feature?

You quoted me. Did you notice the "jk" at the end of the quote? It's in reference to https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/ios-extend-iphone-battery-life-adaptive-power-mode/

 

[ignatius345]

You quoted me. Did you notice the "jk" at the end of the quote? It's in reference to https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/ios-extend-iphone-battery-life-adaptive-power-mode/

More disinformation than joke. The tiny "jk" footnote doesn't change that much.

 

[thiscatisfat]

More disinformation than joke. The tiny "jk" footnote doesn't change that much.

Okay, let me edit the comment to make it change that much. If this is how easily people fall for “disinformation” (while not reading the whole comment), then no wonder…

 

[mudflap]

iPhone 16 Pro Max

jk

Edit: to the individuals who don’t recognize “jk”, this comment is a joke. It’s a joke, alright? It’s not real. It’s a sarcastic joke in reference to this. Jesus.

Ok but jk looks like a sig here

 

[ignatius345]

Okay, let me edit the comment to make it change that much. If this is how easily people fall for “disinformation” (while not reading the whole comment), then no wonder…

People skim, dude. That's just reality. Nobody opens a thread like this and carefully reads every single word. And when you put something in that looks like exactly like Apple boilerplate, of course people get misled.

 

[thiscatisfat]

Ok but jk looks like a sig here

I’m sorry but I feel like everyone just went back to look at the “jk” like

😂

 

[thiscatisfat]

People skim, dude. That's just reality. Nobody opens a thread like this and carefully reads every single word. And when you put something in that looks like exactly like Apple boilerplate, of course people get misled.

People believing it instantly without even getting to the jk part shows how unsurprising it would be if it was actually the case of Apple again limiting a feature to only the newest models 😄

 

[citysnaps]

Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?

 

[thiscatisfat]

Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?

Only to those who get them

 

[AncTreat5358]

This is a great addition, but they need to add it to Messages as well for a single message within a conversation. You can't even drag a message from Messages into Reminders, whereas you can with other first party apps.

 

[Plutonius]

That's what voice mail is for.

 

[citysnaps]

Only to those who get them

I get it and the intent. Was just expecting some humor.

 

[Attirex]

Amid this new reminder option and ticky-tacky little stuff like the new "choose scroll direction/behavior when selecting camera mode" setting, iOS and smartphones in general have become exhausting. I hate the time I live in.