Things Iphone Updates & Release Notes

March 15, 2021
Requires iOS 12.1 or later

• Improved performance when displaying lists via Siri.
• Fixed a bug where, when asking Siri to show a list, the displayed order of to-dos wouldn’t match the order in the app.
• Fixed a bug where, when asking Siri to show a list, checkboxes weren’t visible for to completed or canceled to-dos.
• Fixed a bug where items in the Logbook wouldn’t display the correct subtitle or use the correct date format.
• Fixed a bug that prevented “shake to undo” from working correctly.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some tags from being shown in the tag popover when filtering a list.
• Fixed a bug that caused to-dos to appear incorrectly in widgets filtered by multiple tags.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent sub-heading to-dos from showing when filtering by tag.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when loading the Deadlines list.
• Fixed a bug that could cause crashes when searching.
• Made the Deadlines list permanently visible in the Shortcuts app’s “Show List” action.
• Various other improvements under the hood.

February 23, 2021
Requires iOS 12.1 or later

• Improved the performance of widgets.
• Improved the performance of the tags popover.
• Improved the method for syncing changes to Things Cloud.
• Fixed a bug where the order of sections in the Deadlines list could be incorrect sometimes.
• Fixed a bug where the wrong date format would be used for to-dos with start dates exactly 6 days in the future.
• Fixed a bug where logged to-dos would appear individually in the Logbook even when their parent project was also logged.
• Fixed some crashes that could occur when receiving changes from Things Cloud while viewing the Logbook.
• Fixed some translations in the Simplified Chinese translation.
• Various other changes and improvements under the hood.

January 5, 2021
Requires iOS 12.1 or later

• Improved the performance of search.
• Improved the haptic feedback when tapping to-dos while in selection mode.
• Improved the layout when presenting the Terms of Service while creating a Things Cloud account.
• Fixed some glitches that could occur when dragging to-dos towards the edge of the screen.
• Fixed a bug that prevented projects from being displayed when asking Siri to show lists.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when tapping on the repeating button at the top of a project.
• Fixed some crashes that could occur when the app was running in the background.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when syncing for the first time.
• Various improvements to the database.

October 21, 2020
Requires iOS 12.1 or later

• Widgets
  • The small widget now shows more information about your to-dos.
  • The medium widget no longer shows list subtitles so that more to-dos can be shown.
  • Deadlines is now a visible choice when configuring a widget (before you had to search for it).
  • Fixed a bug where too many to-dos were sometimes shown in the small widget.
  • Fixed a bug where repeating to-dos could show the wrong deadline date.
  • Fixed a bug where the keyboard wasn’t automatically shown after tapping the + button if Things wasn’t already running.
• Canceled to-dos now show strikethrough, as on the Mac.
• Tweaked the icon for Someday items in Quick Find.
• Changed some deadline date formats to be more compact on smaller iPhones and the iPad sidebar.
• Fixed a bug where a Today star could incorrectly show next to a to-do’s When in some situations.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when creating a new heading while a logged heading is selected.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when accepting auto-corrections in some scenarios.

September 17, 2020
Requires iOS 12.1 or later

• New features and full compatibility for iOS 14.
  • WIDGETS: Things’ beautiful new Widgets live on your Home screen, right next to your app icons, where they can display any list you want. Quickly glance at what you’re doing Today, see what’s Upcoming on your schedule, stay on top of your most urgent project, view tag-filtered lists – the possibilities are endless!
  • WIND DOWN: As bedtime draws near, your iPhone can help you close out the day and make sure you’re ready for tomorrow. You’ll see a shortcut to quickly review tomorrow’s to-dos before you go to sleep, or you can configure other shortcuts to suit your needs. Open your Health app to set this up (in the Sleep settings).
• Upgraded Things Cloud’s sync schema to support the new features.
• Improved the way project and to-do notes are synced. (As a result, you can also write much longer notes.)
• In the Shortcuts app, you can now select one of your tags in the “Show List” action.

July 23, 2020
Requires iOS 12.1 or later

• Improved the handling of spaces in the search field.
• Fixed a bug in search results which prevented the "Load More" button from working.
• Fixed a bug where the Apple Watch app wouldn’t log to-dos correctly if the logging interval was set to “manual” or “daily”.
• Fixed a bug where the order of This Evening to-dos in the Today widget and Watch complications could be incorrect.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when opening to-dos that contain malformed email links.
• Fixed a bug that disabled the Duplicate action inside a heading’s "•••" menu.
• Various other small internal fixes.