On your iPhone
Kin, without opening Kin.
What’s next on your Lock Screen, the time to leave in the Dynamic Island, the shopping list one sentence away.
Tuesday 13 October
16:30
Leave in
Swimming · 17:00
Aquatic Centre · 18 min by car
12:00
Widgets that keep up
Today, Next up and your shopping lists on the Home Screen; the next event and your tasks on the Lock Screen. When someone in the family changes something, the widget catches up shortly, without you opening Kin — and the small ones show on the CarPlay Dashboard too.
Time to leave
Turn it on for an event with a place, and Kin works out the journey with Apple Maps, from where you are or from a place you’ve saved. A Live Activity counts down to when you need to go, then gets out of the way when the event starts.
Who’s driving
Pick who does the drop-off and who does the pickup. Only the driver gets the reminder to leave; everyone else sees who’s on it.
Wake me for this
For the few things that must not be missed, Kin sets a real alarm. It rings for the people the event is for, and stopping it on your iPhone stops it on your iPad too.
Ask Siri
“Add to my Kin shopping list.” Siri asks what, you say “milk”, and it’s on the list — with the phone locked, or in the car.
Your Focus, respected
Add a Kin filter to your Work Focus and set it to “Only me”: while you’re working, Kin and its widgets show just your tasks and events. A “Wake me for this” alarm still rings.
iPhone only for now; Android comes later. Live Activities, alarms and widgets that catch up on their own need iOS 26.
The rest of Kin
Calendar
The school run, the shift pattern and the dentist in one view — including the calendars you already keep somewhere else.
Tasks & chores
Assign it once, repeat it forever, and let the app remember whose turn it was.
Shopping lists
As many lists as your household needs, sorted by the shop you are standing in.
Routines
Shift patterns, school terms and the summer holidays are a shape, not a list of events. Kin learns the shape and keeps laying out the days.
Kin isn’t open yet.
We’re testing with a handful of families. Leave your email and we’ll write once, when there’s something to try.
In private testing on iPhone. Android later.