Apple didn’t mention much about Calendar during WWDC. In fact, it wasn’t until I read Federico Viticci’s iOS 10 review that I even noticed there were any changes at all. I’m glad I read his entire 30+ page review though because there were changes to Calendar, and one of them has been a game-changer for me.

For several years now, Fantastical has been my calendar app of choice on both iOS and macOS. When I’m out and need to quickly add something to my calendar, Fantastical’s natural language support simply made it easier to add appointments. The last thing I want to do is spend 5 minutes fiddling with my phone to set up future dinner plans with someone instead of actually paying attention to the friend standing next to me. With Fantastical, I could just type “Dinner with Sam at Restaurant XYZ on Sunday at 2PM” and be done.

But with iOS, Apple has added event suggestions to Calendar. Now, if I’m at the dentist and need to set up my next appointment, even typing just “den” brings up a suggestion to create a “Dentist Appointment” event complete with location. I just need to pick the date and time. Easy. It’ll even add invitees, not that I normally invite people to go to the dentist with me…that’d be weird. The amount of time this feature allows me to save convinced me to switch back to Apple’s stock Calendar app and delete Fantastical from my phone almost instantly.

Using Apple’s own apps comes with a handful of additional benefits. For instance, I get notifications to remind me when it’s time to leave. And of course, I get a calendar icon that actually includes the date on my homescreen again.