Earlier this month, Omni Group CEO Ken Case shared Omni Roadmap 2026. This post continues the annual tradition of reflecting on the past year and sharing a peek at what’s ahead. Here are some OmniFocus-specific highlights based on Ken’s post.
Highlights From 2025
Before looking to the future, I’d like to acknowledge Omni’s progress in 2025. The foundational work of adopting SwiftUI in OmniFocus 4 paid significant dividends in 2025, enabling Omni to add new features across Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro.
OmniFocus 4.6 brought enhanced note and attachment functionality, including image attachment resizing and paste behaviour refinements across platforms. iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro users also gained support for custom fonts, along with a new contextual shortcut menu for links and attachments in the notes field.
OmniFocus 4.7 was a particularly significant release, introducing three major features: Planned Dates, Mutually Exclusive Tags, and improved Repeats. Planned Dates let you specify when you intend to work on an action without deferring it arbitrarily. Mutually Exclusive Tags allow you to configure a tag group so that only one tag from the group can be assigned to an action at a time. The improved Repeats functionality adds the ability to set a repeat to end on a specific date or after a specified number of repetitions.
OmniFocus 4.8 brought Liquid Glass to OmniFocus, adopting the new visual design language introduced with macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26, and iPadOS 26. This release also marked OmniFocus’s debut on CarPlay. Other additions included the ability to run OmniFocus Shortcuts actions directly from Spotlight on macOS Tahoe 26 and support for flexible window resizing on iPadOS 26.
Several of the above-mentioned features are highlighted in Why OmniFocus? – 10 Features That Set It Apart. This video also highlights previously introduced features that are unique to OmniFocus.
Kanban View Coming to OmniFocus
Omni plans to add a Kanban view to OmniFocus. 🎉 Kanban is a Japanese word (看板) roughly translating to “card you can see” or “signboard.” The use of Kanban as a visual management method stems from the lean manufacturing system, which Toyota refined and adopted. While viewing actions as a list can be very useful, presenting them as cards on a board is especially beneficial for visually oriented people.
Ken notes that Omni has spent significant time thinking about how Kanban will work within OmniFocus. This was also mentioned in last year’s roadmap, so it’s great to see it still firmly on the horizon.
I’m looking forward to exploring specific use cases once Kanban lands in OmniFocus, and will be covering it in depth here on Learn OmniFocus.
Omni Links Coming to OmniFocus
Omni Links are planned to be supported in OmniFocus in 2026. Omni Links launched with OmniOutliner 6 earlier this year, allowing you to create deep links to specific items within a document that work across all your devices and can be shared with others. I’ve long been a proponent of connecting productivity tools and reference materials together, and Omni Links represent a significant step forward for this kind of interconnected workflow.
Apple Intelligence
Omni’s thoughtfully considered approach to Apple Intelligence remains a differentiator. Rather than adding AI features that run in the cloud or that are on by default, Omni has built its integration around Omni Automation and Apple’s on-device Foundation Models framework. Everything is private, offline, opt-in, and under your control.
This means that if you install an Omni Automation plug-in that leverages Apple Intelligence, it runs entirely on your device. That’s a refreshing approach, and one that aligns well with the kind of intentional, sustainable productivity I advocate for.
Keep an eye on the OmniFocus Plug-In Directory as more Apple Intelligence-powered plug-ins become available.
Faster Syncing Outside the US
This is a quieter improvement, but one that will matter a lot to a significant portion of our community. Omni is testing new sync servers in Amsterdam and Singapore to improve performance for OmniFocus users outside the United States. As always, OmniFocus data will remain encrypted with keys known only to your devices.
Thanks, Omni!
Ken and the team at Omni continue to develop software with a level of care and thoughtfulness that’s rare in today’s landscape. 2025 brought significant enhancements to OmniFocus built on Omni’s investment in SwiftUI. I’m looking forward to what 2026 holds, especially Kanban and Omni Links for OmniFocus.
As always, new features will be highlighted in future content in our content library, which includes a growing library of in-depth courses. If you have questions or want to explore how to apply any of these features to your workflow, join us at an upcoming Office Hours session.