Release

April 6, 2026

TaskForge 2.6: Calendar Events, Time Blocking, and Task Peek

Version 2.6 turns TaskForge into a true planning hub. See your calendar events alongside tasks, peek at any task without leaving your view, block time for focused work, and stay on top of your day with five new calendar widgets.

TaskForge 2.6 calendar view showing tasks and calendar events in the new Day view

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What Makes TaskForge 2.6 a Major Planning Upgrade?

Planning your day used to mean switching between TaskForge and your calendar app. With version 2.6, that context switch is gone. Calendar events from iCloud, Google, Outlook, and any other provider configured on your device appear directly in TaskForge's redesigned calendar. Combined with Task Peek for quick edits, time blocking for focused sessions, and five new home screen widgets, TaskForge 2.6 gives you a single place to see everything on your plate and take action.

How Do Calendar Events Work in TaskForge?

TaskForge now reads events from your device calendars and displays them alongside your tasks. The calendar has been completely redesigned with Day, Week, and Month views. Day and Week views show a time grid where tasks and events appear at their scheduled times. Month view uses dot indicators for tasks and colored bars for events. You can filter by specific calendars and task lists, and long-press any time slot to create a new task or event right there. Events pull from iCloud, Google, Outlook, CalDAV, and any other calendar configured on your device. No server required.

What Is Task Peek?

Task Peek is a center-dialog modal that opens when you tap any task. It shows the task title, status, priority, dates, tags, projects, contexts, and description in a compact view. You can edit every field inline without navigating to a separate screen. Changes save automatically. Tap Cancel to revert your changes, or tap the expand button to open the full task editor. You can also navigate between tasks using the arrow buttons without closing the modal. Task Peek works in every view including kanban boards, calendar, and task lists.

How Does Time Blocking Work?

TaskForge 2.6 adds end times and durations for your tasks. You can set a start time and end time so tasks appear as blocks on the Day and Week calendar views. The natural language parser understands time ranges like '10am-11:30am' and duration expressions like 'for 2 hours.' Tasks with time ranges can be dragged to different time slots to reschedule. This makes it easy to plan focused work sessions, meetings, and deep work blocks right alongside your calendar events.

What NLP Improvements Were Made?

The natural language parser now handles time ranges (e.g. '10am-2pm'), duration expressions (e.g. 'for 90 minutes'), and an event creation mode where typing naturally creates calendar events with dates, times, durations, and locations detected automatically. The '@' symbol works as a location prefix in event mode. All NLP features work across 18 languages including English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, and more. Hint text in the quick add dialog updates to show relevant syntax examples.

What Calendar Widgets Are Available?

Five new home screen widgets bring your schedule to your lock screen and home screen. The Up Next widget (small and medium sizes) shows your next task or event. The Daily Agenda widget (small, medium, and large) lists everything on your plate for the day. The Month Mini-View widget (small and medium) shows a compact monthly calendar with task and event indicators. Widgets display both tasks and calendar events, match the in-app visual style, and refresh automatically when data changes. Available on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Android.

How Do Calendar Event Notifications Work?

TaskForge can now send local notifications for your calendar events using each event's reminder settings. If an event has a 15-minute reminder, TaskForge delivers a notification at that time. This is a premium feature that you enable in Notification Settings. Notifications show the event title and a relative time label like 'In 15 minutes' along with the event time. Tapping a notification opens the calendar at that event's date. A smart budget system manages the iOS 64-notification limit by prioritizing the soonest events.

What Happens to My Settings If My Subscription Lapses?

Previously, premium settings were reset when a subscription expired. In TaskForge 2.6, all your premium settings are preserved. Custom accent colors, font choices, task defaults, notification schedules, custom lists, and calendar preferences stay saved. Premium features are simply paused until you re-subscribe, at which point everything restores instantly with no reconfiguration needed.

How Has Startup Performance Improved?

TaskForge 2.6 includes targeted performance improvements to app startup. Task processing, calendar rendering, and widget data pipelines have been optimized to load faster. Whether your vault has dozens of tasks or thousands, the app launches and becomes responsive more quickly. Calendar views render smoothly when scrolling between days, weeks, and months even with many events and tasks visible.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I enable calendar events?

Go to Settings, then Calendar, and toggle on Show Calendar Events. TaskForge will request permission to read your device calendars. Once granted, your events appear in the Day, Week, and Month views alongside your tasks. Calendar event integration is a premium feature.

What is Task Peek?

Task Peek is a quick-view modal that appears when you tap any task. It lets you preview and edit task details inline without navigating to a separate screen. Changes save automatically. You can disable it in Settings under Task Display if you prefer the full editor.

How does time blocking work?

Set an end time or duration on any task with a scheduled or start date. Tasks with time ranges appear as blocks on the Day and Week calendar views. You can type time ranges naturally, like '10am-11:30am' or 'for 2 hours,' and TaskForge parses them automatically. Drag blocks to reschedule.

Do I need to update my tasks for the new features?

No. Your existing tasks work exactly as before. Calendar events come from your device calendars, Task Peek activates on tap, and time blocking is optional. Your Obsidian vault files and markdown format remain untouched.

Is TaskForge 2.6 a free update?

Yes. TaskForge 2.6 is a free update available through the App Store and Google Play. Calendar event integration and event notifications are premium features. Everything else, including Task Peek, the redesigned calendar views, NLP improvements, and performance upgrades, is available to all users.

Ready to Try TaskForge 2.6?

Download the update today and see your tasks and calendar events in one place. Plan your day with time blocking, peek at tasks without losing context, and keep your schedule visible with new home screen widgets. Explore the calendar features or learn about widgets today.

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