Google Tasks Explained

Google Tasks is a task management application developed by Google and included with Google Workspace.

Included initially as a feature in Gmail and Google Calendar, Google Tasks launched as a core product with a standalone app in 2018.^[1] It is available for Android and iOS, as well as in the right-hand side panel on Google Workspace apps on the web and in Google Calendar.

History and development

Google Tasks began as an integration within other apps in G Suite (now Google Workspace), allowing to-do items to be created in Calendar and Gmail. Upon graduating to a core service on June 28, 2018, Google Tasks launched as a dedicated mobile app in which tasks can be sorted into lists, managed, and completed.^[2] Google Tasks launched the ability to create tasks from Google Chat messages in 2022.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Microsoft To Do
• Reminders

Notes and References

1. Web site: Google Tasks to launch as a G Suite core service on June 28, 2018.
2. Web site: Perez . Sarah . 2018-04-25 . Google debuts a standalone to-do app, Google Tasks . 2025-08-22 . TechCrunch . en-US.
3. Web site: Add personal tasks from Google Chat . 2025-08-22 . Google Workspace Updates Blog . 2022-05-23.
4. Web site: Li . Abner . 2025-08-19 . Google Tasks gets one M3 Expressive tweak, now in web app launcher . 2025-08-22 . 9to5Google . en-US.