Skylight debuts Calendar 2 to keep your family organized

Skylight may have started as a digital picture frame, but today, the company is more focused on helping families stay organized with shared calendars, lists, meal planning tools and more. At CES 2026, the company debuted its latest product: the Skylight Calendar 2, which offers a sleeker design than the original 15-inch calendar, but smaller than the 27-inch wall-mounted Calendar Max. Like its larger counterpart, the new digital calendar app and family organizer also lets you swap out the frame for different colors to better match your home’s decor. The biggest selling point isn’t the digital screen itself, but the underlying software and AI capabilities. The primary feature — the calendar — is actually a mashup of all your family’s calendars from whatever services you use, whether that’s Google Calendar, iCal, Microsoft, or even your kids’ sports apps, like TeamSnap The calendar is color-coded to see everyone’s schedules with a glance, and can even import “calendars” that are really just emails with a few key dates or flyers sent home in junior’s backpack. (The latter is an AI feature where you snap a photo of the paper and the calendar updates with the new events). Image credits: sarah perez The company is also trying to address other pain points for families such as managing grocery lists, reminders for appointments, meal planning, and recipe discovery. Of course, it can still display your family photos’ too, when otherwise not in use. The app is well-designed to be easy to read with simple navigation, pops of color, and even imagery that makes it possible for little kids to use. For instance, they can check off their chores by looking for a picture, even if they can’t yet read. Parents also like the ability to plan meals, whether that’s noting simply that Tuesday will be taco night, or going as far as finding a recipe and preparing a shopping list. Skylight’s helpful here too, as it can automatically create the shopping list of ingredients for you or even add it to your Instacart app. Another clever AI feature lets you snap a photo of what’s in your fridge and get a recipe recommendation based on what you have on hand. Techcrunch event San Francisco | October 13-15, 2026 The need for such a system is clearly resonating with customers. Skylight, a bootstrapped and profitable company from day one, now has 1.3 million-plus families using its digital calendars so far, and likely more to come as the new design ships.