remind you of a task when you’re talking to a specified
person via Messages.
While that’s all well and good, Messages is – I hate
to break it to you, Apple – not the only app I use for
communicating with people. Though I get why the
company is perhaps not ready to open that feature
up to third parties like Slack or Skype, it’s missing a
common first-party one right on the device itself: email.
More to the point, once you pick a person to link with a
task, it should remind you no matter which app you use
to talk to them. After all, if it can recognize someone
I’m chatting with over Messages, it can probably make a
similar assumption when I’m using Mail.
Alas, Apple often seems to have forgotten that email
is a thing. (In this, as in other places.) For better oriOS 13 Remindersremindyouofataskwhenyou’retalkingtoaspecified
personviaMessages.
Whilethat’sallwellandgood,Messagesis–Ihate
tobreakittoyou,Apple–nottheonlyappIusefor
communicatingwithpeople.ThoughIgetwhythe
companyisperhapsnotreadytoopenthatfeature
uptothirdpartieslikeSlackorSkype,it’smissinga
commonfirst-partyonerightonthedeviceitself:email.
Moretothepoint,onceyoupickapersontolinkwitha
task,itshouldremindyounomatterwhichappyouuse
totalktothem.Afterall,ifitcanrecognizesomeone
I’mchattingwithoverMessages,itcanprobablymakea
similarassumptionwhenI’musingMail.
Alas,Appleoftenseemstohaveforgottenthatemail
isathing.(Inthis,asinotherplaces.)ForbetteroriOS 13 Reminders