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iOS 26.2 beta 1 arrived yesterday with a lot of changes<\/a>, one of which is a new Reminders app feature that I\u2019ve been wanting for years.<\/p>\n Reminders adds new \u2018Urgent\u2019 alarms in iOS 26.2<\/p>\n I\u2019m one of those people who has tried more task managers than I can count.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve bounced between so many different apps over the years, but more recently I\u2019ve settled contentedly into using Reminders.<\/p>\n There have always been advantages to using the built-in Reminders app over third-party alternatives. But in the last few years Apple has also consistently improved the app, offering feature parity with the competition that it once lacked.<\/p>\n And in iOS 26.2, there\u2019s another new feature coming<\/a>: alarms for reminders.<\/p>\n Whenever you create a task with a due time, Reminders now offers the option of marking it as \u2018Urgent.\u2019<\/p>\n If you mark it Urgent, your iPhone will trigger an alarm when that due time arrives.<\/p>\n The alarm screen will show an option to either Snooze for 9 minutes, or stop the alarm. In Settings, you can alternately choose to replace the Snooze option with a \u2018Complete\u2019 button to quickly mark the task finished.<\/p>\n Snooze feature ensures reminders don\u2019t get forgotten<\/p>\n Getting a more \u2018severe\u2019 form of alert when a reminder comes due is great. But what I especially love about iOS 26.2\u2019s new feature is the snooze option.<\/p>\n Sometimes I have tasks that need to be completed at an exact time, and the urgency of the alarm is perfect for those occasions.<\/p>\n More often though, I have a bit more flexibility in my day, and can snooze a task as needed.<\/p>\n Until now, if I saw a Reminders alert but didn\u2019t take action right away, it was easy to forget about the to-do. Having a persistent Lock Screen notification is helpful, but I often need a more forceful prompt.<\/p>\n With the new snoozing option, I can make sure that I never forget about a task for more than the 9-minute snooze duration.<\/p>\n When a task is snoozed, you\u2019ll see its countdown on the Lock Screen in a special notification type that stands out from the norm. It\u2019s a nice touch to signify the importance of the alert. There\u2019s also a Live Activity that activates.<\/p>\n Standard reminders have long let you choose a \u2018Remind Me in an Hour\u2019 option, but that\u2019s far too long for me. It also dismisses the reminder from the Lock Screen, which makes it even easier to forget about.<\/p>\n iOS 26 brought several solid upgrades<\/a> to Reminders, but alarms in iOS 26.2 are easily my favorite new feature of the year so far.<\/p>\n Are you interested in using alarms with Reminders in iOS 26.2? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n Best iPhone accessories<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/alarm-reminder-ios-26-2.jpg\")
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