The Smart Type is Any.do's answer to on-the-go functionality. Designed to make life easier, Smart Type helps users create action items in a time-saving automated way, utilizing natural language. It gives you endless customization opportunities, including the ability to add reminders, create new Lists and Tags, or even share your to-dos with your friends and colleagues, all from one view.

Availability:

The following user-types can take advantage of this feature:

Personal users (free).
Premium users.
Family users.
Teams users.

The feature is available on both our mobile and web/desktop apps (functionality-based, see below).

Watch the video - iOS

Watch the video - Android

🛠️ How does it work?

Use natural language to add one-time reminders by simply naming the time and date.
Choose which list to associate with your task.
Add the desired Color Tags.

Note: Automatic time detection is currently available in English, French, German, Spanish, Hebrew, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Korean and Arabic only.

🔔 To add a personal task with a reminder

📱 To add a personal task with a reminder on Android/ iOS

Create a new Task using the unified input bar.
Add a reminder using natural language for time detection. Or, select the relevant option from the
menu.

💻 To add a personal task with a reminder on Web/ Desktop

Create a new Task using the input bar.
For Personal tasks - tap on the bell icon
and choose the desired Reminder time and Tap “Set” in the bottom right corner of the screen.
For Workspace tasks - tap on the calendar icon
and choose the settings and click outside of the pop up. The changes will be saved automatically.

💡 Note that you can also add a date & time with natural language.

📆 To add an event with a reminder

📱To add an event with a reminder on iOS

Open the Calendar view.
Create a new event using the unified input bar.
Add a reminder using natural language for time detection.

Note: This feature currently works with iOS only.

🕔 Using acceptable time formats

Acceptable Time Formats	Unacceptable Formats
[Task Title] tomorrow at 9	[Task Title] 9m
[Task Title] at 16:00	[Task Title] 9/40
[Task Title] at 16	[Task Title] 940 ( if you want to write 9:40)
[Task Title] at 16 pm	[Task Title] 9-40
[Task Title] at 5 pm /am	[Task Title] 9.40
[Task Title] 9pm / 9am
[Task Title] 12/2023
[Task Title] 1-8
[Task Title] tomorrow
[Task Title] in a week
[Task Title] in a month
[Task Title] in X hours
[Task Title] in X days
[Task Title] in X weeks
[Task Title] in X months

Note: Using multiple numbers in a title can cause recognition issue, which is why we recommend converting numbers to words, unless they are part of the reminder time.

🎨 To add a personal task with a Tag

📱💻 To add a personal task with a Tag on Android/ iOS/ Web/ Desktop

Create a new Task using the input bar.
Tap on the hash
icon or type the “#” key (Personal tasks only).
Choose the desired Tag from the menu.
To customize a new Tag for a Personal task - type a new tag title after the # and then tap the “Create a "X” Tag" that appears on the screen.

📄 To add a Personal task with a List

📱💻 To add a Personal task with a List on Android/ iOS/ Web/ Desktop

Create a new Task using the input bar.
Tap on the list icon
Choose the desired List from the menu, or type a new title to customize a new List, and then tap the “Create new folder named X” that appears on the screen.

👤 To add a Workspace task with an Assignee / Due date / Tag

📱💻 To add a Workspace task with an Assignee on Android/ iOS/ Web/ Desktop

Create a new Task using the input bar.
Tap on the assigne/ due date/ tag icon
Choose the desired items and click Save.

❌ To disable the Smart Type's auto-detection

📱💻To disable the Smart Type's auto-detection on Android/ iOS/ Web/ Desktop

Open Settings in Any.do.
Preferences -> Time Detection (off).

You can also remove it this way for a specific task

Create a new Task using the input bar.
If you do not want the auto detection, once you see a part of the Task title highlighted in blue, tap below the title on the blue suggestion to disable it. As a result the highlight will be removed.

Managing Personal Lists

Managing Overdue Personal-Tasks

The 7 Days View

App Navigation (Mobile and Desktop)

Bulk Editing