The iOS 10 Notes app got just a few seconds in the spotlight during Apple’s WWDC press event on Monday. It was so fast that I actually missed the announcement the first time around. "Notes collaboration — you now can work live with multiple people in the same note," said Craig Federighi.

Wait, wha?

Collaboration will let me quit Evernote forever

This is what I’ve been waiting for since Apple began taking Notes seriously with the releases of iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan last year. Collaboration is the feature that will let me finally quit Evernote forever.

I’ve had an Evernote account since July of 2008. My wife and I both have accounts with shared notebooks that we’ve used over the past few years to plan major events in our life, including two home renovations. We also use it regularly for mundane tasks like sharing to-do checklists and shopping lists.

The oldest note I have is a copy of a receipt for my first iPhone, the catalyst for installing Evernote in the first place. The second is a screenshot of a (then secret) chat I had with Ryan Block about announcing Joshua Topolsky as his replacement for Editor-in-Chief of Engadget — a document I didn’t even know I had. The third is an eight-year-old recording of my daughter’s heartbeat, still in the womb, which just brought tears to my eyes as I listened.

We have a history, me and Evernote. Deeper than I realized. I guess I can keep it around for just a little bit longer. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll need to synchronize with Android or Windows.