In plain English
These are messages or signals meant to jog a person's memory. They draw attention to something the person should remember or do, and they are tied to a specific time.
In context
Here, Reminders names the notification category for alerts that help a person remember something or do something at a specific time.
- Situation
- Notification, privacy, data-export, and account-deletion settings
- What it communicates
- labels a notification category
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say what the reminder concerns or whether the related action has already happened.
Examples
“Two reminders popped up at 7:30 and 8:00, telling her to leave for the station.”
“When the noon pill alert became a timed notification, it was placed in Reminders.”