This hidden iOS 18 trick makes Apple’s Calendar app more useful than ever – 9to5Mac
Apple’s Calendar app recently became a lot more compelling. iOS 18 upgrades, a new AI feature, and integration with the Apple Invites app have provided several more reasons to use Apple’s native app. But there’s another recent change you may not know about: an iOS 18 trick to make the app’s Month view more useful than ever on iPhone.When Apple shipped iOS 18, it included several changes to the built-in Calendar app. Highlights included:Whether you’re already familiar with these changes or not, there’s a key detail you may not have known.This last change—the updated Month view—arrived with a hidden gesture for customizing what’s displayed to your exact liking.Previously, Calendar’s Month view was not very useful on iPhone. It showed you the dates, with colored dots representing days containing events. But you couldn’t see any event details.Now in iOS 18, you can switch between three different Month options: Compact, Stacked, and Details. These are available from the view button in the top-right corner.However, there’s also an alternative method for switching between these modes that provides even more flexibility and customization.You can pinch to zoom the Month view to resize it to your liking.This ultimately enables several different views with different levels of data:Play around with it on your iPhone and you can find a setup that works just right for you.Historically, I’ve never liked Month view on my iPhone despite using it all the time on my iPad.But thanks to these iOS 18 changes, it’s now one of my preferred ways to use Calendar on iPhone.The flexibility of the new pinch-to-zoom gesture lets me optimize the iPhone’s limited screen real estate in a way that works well for my needs.If you have a heavily calendared life, you can zoom so much that only a couple weeks are displayed but with ample space for lots of daily events.Or if you’re like me and have more moderate calendar needs, you can zoom out a bit more to see several weeks while retaining important event details.What do you think of the Calendar app’s new Month view? What’s your preferred view? Let us know in the comments.FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Check out 9to5Mac on YouTube for more Apple news:Ryan got his start in journalism as an Editor at MacStories, where he worked for four years covering Apple news, writing app reviews, and more. For two years he co-hosted the Adapt podcast on Relay FM, which focused entirely on the iPad. As a result, it should come as no surprise that his favorite Apple device is the iPad Pro.Manage push notifications
