In iOS 13 last year, Apple brought a number of new features and improvements to the Reminders App (Reminders), such as adopting a new UI design, adding quick toolbars, subtasks/grouping lists, sharing and collaboration, and many other new features . Let the original slightly simple reminder experience a “remake”.
In the upcoming iOS 14, the reminders have not changed much, but many improvements have been made. These details and functional repairs have made up for the shortcomings of this native application to a certain extent.
In terms of appearance/function, iOS 14 reminders mainly have these changes. The first is the adjustment of the list interface. After the major changes in iOS 13, the UI design of reminders has not changed much on iOS 14. The homepage is still divided into two main sections, “Smart List” and “My List”. The difference is iOS 14. The new version of now supports the creation of new reminders from the list interface through the lower left corner without entering a specific list.
And after clicking “Edit” in the upper right corner, the smart list now supports rearranging or hiding, making your reminder list more personalized. In addition, the number of smart lists has been added to the previous “Today”, “Plan”, “All” and “Flags”, and “Allocated to Me” has been added. This feature will be introduced below.
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The second is functional optimization. Entering a specific list, the reminders of the new version of iOS 14 now support the management of multiple items, such as marking completion, marking, and assigning multiple items at the same time. This is not feasible in iOS 13, although the latter also supports multiple selection of items, but it can only be used to move between different task groups.
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Apple has added custom icons and color personalization options to the list in iOS 13, and iOS 14 has gone a step further, adding more icons and supporting emojis as list icons.
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In addition, in the detailed information page of the reminder, the new version of iOS 14 also adds more visual icons, making it easier to distinguish and select.
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The new version of iOS 14 reminders also optimizes the calendar picker. The new picker can now directly preview an entire month instead of filtering day by day as before.
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The improvements of the new version of reminders also include sharing and collaboration. As a “todo” application, the collaboration function is an indispensable feature. Although Apple added sharing collaboration in iOS 13 last year, allowing creators to share the task list with other users, the collaboration function is still relatively single. The first thing is that it does not support task assignment, that is, users who join the shared list will receive it. All tasks in this list are not conducive to management and distribution.
Fortunately, the new version of reminders in iOS 14 has improved this feature. Now it is supported to assign reminders to members in the shared list, and they will receive corresponding reminders. This is great for splitting tasks and letting everyone know what they are responsible for, so as not to miss out.
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In general, iOS 13 is a watershed for reminders, and iOS 14 is a perfection on this basis. Many features that were too late or unexpected at the time were supplemented in this version.
Although there is still a certain distance from other third-party apps in terms of professionalism, the improvements in the new version of reminders should be able to play a role in covering more applicable people. After all, as a native app, it is more popular. For groups, how to balance functionality and ease of use is the key.
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