{"id":152428,"date":"2025-08-17T06:11:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T06:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/152428\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T06:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T06:11:18","slug":"reminders-in-ios-26-has-a-powerful-new-tool-for-organizing-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/152428\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminders in iOS 26 has a powerful new tool for organizing tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/reminders-ios-26.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s Reminders app is one of many system apps getting new features in iOS 26. Among the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/07\/31\/heres-everything-new-in-reminders-with-ios-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">handful of improvements<\/a> coming to Reminders, there\u2019s a powerful new tool for organizing your tasks.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 26\u2019s Reminders app can now sort your tasks into sections automatically<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to task management, apps can sometimes get a little carried away with the number of features and settings they offer.<\/p>\n<p>Having a feature-rich app is great, but task managers can err in requiring too much time to organize your to-dos. Thus, taking away precious time you could be actually getting things done.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s Reminders app swings the opposite direction in iOS 26.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new Reminders feature coming that takes the work of organization out of your hands.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because in iOS 26, Apple Intelligence can now <strong>auto-categorize your Reminders lists<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/apple-intelligence-fi-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Intelligence logo\" class=\"wp-image-956620\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>On all devices <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/every-device-that-supports-apple-intelligence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">that support AI features<\/a>, Reminders now shows a new \u2018Auto-Categorize\u2019 option for lists.<\/p>\n<p>Hitting this button will take a list of unorganized tasks and sort them into relevant categories.<\/p>\n<p>The feature won\u2019t change any embedded details about the tasks themselves. <\/p>\n<p>Rather, it utilizes the existing \u2018Sections\u2019 feature which essentially lets you organize tasks under different subheadings.<\/p>\n<p>You can always create your own Sections and organize that way. But with Reminders in iOS 26, it\u2019s extremely easy to have Apple Intelligence do the work for you.<\/p>\n<p>How I\u2019ve been using Auto-Categorize in Reminders<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/reminders-ios-26-list.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1006474\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>For one of my most used Reminders lists, I used Auto-Categorize and it created new sections like:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Work<\/li>\n<li>Home<\/li>\n<li>Health<\/li>\n<li>Financial Tasks<\/li>\n<li>Household and Maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Miscellaneous and Other<\/li>\n<li>Travel and Leisure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AI did a great job creating the sections, then sorting my tasks automatically into the right place.<\/p>\n<p>In previous versions of Reminders, I almost exclusively worked from the Today or Scheduled smart lists.<\/p>\n<p>My other lists were a cluttered mess of unorganized tasks, so I found little benefit in opening them. <\/p>\n<p>But in iOS 26, I\u2019ve found myself spending more time in those other Reminders lists, since with proper organization they\u2019re more useful than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>Have you tried iOS 26\u2019s Auto-Categorize feature for your Reminders lists? 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