
Apple rolled out iOS 26.2 beta 1 for developers today and introduced the ability to set alarms and timers directly from the Reminders app. Here’s how it’s going to work.
A long-requested feature is on its way
On iOS 26.2 developer beta 1, when you set a new reminder in the Reminders app, you can now toggle an “Urgent” setting, which asks for permission to “schedule alarms and timers”:

This looks like an implementation of Apple’s new AlarmKit framework, which…

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