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Fantastical 2 Calendar and Reminders App Updated with Apple Watch Support

Posted June 3, 2015 at 4:45pm by iClarified · 6947 views
Fantastical 2, the popular calendar and reminders app, has been updated with support for the Apple Watch. The Apple Watch app includes a list upcoming events and reminders, and also has a glance with easy access to your daily schedule. You can even add new events right from your wrist.

Just enter "Lunch with Elon in Palo Alto on Friday" and Fantastical 2 will schedule it! Or type in "todo buy milk at 5pm" and a reminder will alert you at 5PM! If your device supports dictation, you can speak the details for your event or reminder and Fantastical 2 will handle the rest.

Features
● Reminders!
● See your events and dated reminders together in the main list
● Add reminders directly from the Reminders list or new event screen - just flip the switch to toggle between events and reminders
● Set dates, times, and geofences (when I arrive/when I leave)

● Significant new parser features, including:
● Create reminders by starting your sentence with "reminder", "todo", "task", or "remind me to"
● Expanded, expressive repeating events such as third Thursday of every month, every weekend, last weekday of the month, and more
● Create alerts with phrases such as "remind me tomorrow at 3PM", "alert 1 hour before", or "alarm 3PM"

● All-new event details, including a map to show your event’s locations and better repeating event options
● An elegant week view when you rotate your iPhone to landscape
● Background app updating allows events, reminders, and alerts to be pushed to Fantastical 2 even if you don't launch the app very often
● An extended keyboard when creating new events or reminders, providing instant access to numbers and symbols for dates and times (only for 4" screens or larger)
● Birthday options - tap on a birthday to see contact information or send a quick greeting
● TextExpander support
● Many other refinements and improvements

Add new events or reminders is fun
● The easiest and fastest way to add new events or reminders
● Just type in your details or use dictation and watch your words magically turn into an actual event or reminder!

The future looks bright
● Fantastical 2's DayTicker is the efficient and enjoyable way to see your schedule
● The expansive and beautiful event list makes it easy to find your events
● Tap an event or reminder to show and edit its details
● Tap and hold an event to duplicate, move, or share
● Use search to instantly locate specific events or reminders
● View your Facebook events

Fast, Friendly, and Flexible
● Supports the same calendar services as the built-in Calendar app, including iCloud, Google Calendar, Exchange, and more!
● Fantastical 2 is fully localized in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
vJust type or speak your event or reminder in any of these languages and Fantastical will automatically understand
● Full Accessibility support

What's New In This Version:
- Introducing Fantastical 2 for Apple Watch. It's Fantastical, on your wrist!
- Various fixes and improvements

You can purchase Fantastical 2 for iPhone - Calendar and Reminders from the App Store for $4.99.

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