# Your Daily Overview on iPhone

> Your day at a glance: who you are meeting and what to remember.

Source: https://groupthink.com/docs/ios_daily_overview/
Last updated: 2026-09-27

The **Overview** tab is your day at a glance: the meetings on your calendar, who's in them, and what you know about those people. It's there to answer "who am I about to see, and what should I remember?" before you walk into the next thing.

## Signing in

Overview is server-backed, so it needs sign-in. Tap **Overview** and choose **Sign in with Apple** or **Sign in with Google**. Once you're in, it pulls together today's schedule and the people on it. Without sign-in, the tab asks you to connect, and recording and notes keep working on the device in the meantime. See [Sync and signing in](/docs/ios_sync_sign_in).

## What you'll see

- A greeting and today's date up top.
- A short read on the day when there's something worth surfacing.
- **Your meetings**, grouped so the ones with people worth prepping for come first, then the rest of the day. Each shows the title, time, attendees, and location.
- All-day items like birthdays, out-of-office, and holidays folded into one compact line instead of cluttering your timeline.
- A **Join** button on meetings that have a video link (Zoom, Meet, Teams).

## Record straight from a meeting

Each meeting has a small **Record** button. Tapping it starts a recording already tagged with the people in that meeting, so you don't have to answer "who is this about?" afterward — it's filled in from the invite. Handy for a call you're about to take.

## Keeping it current

If your schedule changed and you want the latest, pull down to refresh, or tap the refresh button at the top once today's Overview has loaded. Both only work on Today, since past days are saved snapshots.

## Looking back at earlier days

The bar across the top of the Overview shows which day you're looking at: **Today** (marked **Live**), **Yesterday**, or a date such as **Mon, Jul 20** (marked **Saved**).

- Tap **◀** to go back a day. You can go back up to 30 days.
- Tap **▶** to go forward a day. It stops at Today.

A past day shows the overview Groupthink saved that day, with **Saved overview** under the date. An overview is only saved on days you opened it, so if you skipped a day you'll see **No overview saved** and the message "Overviews are kept for days you opened your Daily Overview."

## While it loads

Groupthink builds your Overview fresh each time, so it can take a few seconds. You'll see a short line about what it's doing, such as "Reading your day…".

If the first try doesn't come through, the app tries again on its own, up to five more times. While it does, you'll see **Taking longer than usual - still trying.** You don't need to do anything.

## If the Overview doesn't load

When the app can't get your Overview, it shows a screen that says what went wrong and a **Retry** button. Retry is the only button on these screens. If the app already retried on its own, the message also says how many times it tried.

- **You're offline**: "Connect to the internet and try again." Your phone has no connection the app can use. Turn on Wi-Fi or cellular data, then tap **Retry**.
- **Couldn't reach Groupthink**: "The request didn't get through. Check your connection and try again." The connection dropped or couldn't reach us. Check your connection, then tap **Retry**.
- **Groupthink took too long**: "The request timed out before your Daily Overview was ready. Try again in a moment." Wait a moment, then tap **Retry**.
- **Groupthink couldn't build your Daily Overview**: "The server didn't finish building today's overview." Your connection is fine; the problem is on our side and usually clears on its own. Wait a moment, then tap **Retry**.
- **Groupthink returned an error**: "Groupthink turned this request down, so trying again unchanged won't help." If it keeps happening, email support@groupthink.com.
- **Something unexpected came back**: this version of the app didn't understand what it received. Tap **Retry**, and update the app if it keeps happening.

One screen is different. If your sign-in expired, you'll see **Sign in again** with a **Sign in** button instead of Retry. Tap it and sign in the way you did before.

## Action items

Tap the checklist icon at the top of the Overview to open **Action items**: the things people promised in your conversations, gathered from every meeting. It works whichever day you're looking at.

- Items marked **Suggested** sounded like commitments but weren't said outright. Tap **Accept** to keep one as an action item, or **Dismiss** to remove it for good. You can also swipe right to accept or swipe left to dismiss.
- Your confirmed action items are listed below the suggestions, with a due date when there is one.
- If an item has no owner, tap **Assign** and pick **Me**, or the person it's linked to when they use Groupthink.

When there's nothing to show, you'll see **Nothing we were confident about**. Marking an item done isn't on the iPhone yet; do that on the web or in the desktop app. See [Action Items](/docs/action_items) for how action items work.

> **Coming soon:** Bringing in additional calendar accounts (a second Google calendar, or Outlook) is on the way. Today the Overview reflects the calendar on this device. You'll see those options in Settings marked "Coming soon."

_Related: [People and "Who is this about?"](/docs/ios_people)._