Google Calendar introduces a practical function

If you want to plan your life with Google’s software offering, you might be happy about the new view of Google Tasks. (Kiattisak; photo for everything / Adobe Stock)

Google Tasks have been available for a few weeks now Standalone desktop view of Google Calendar available. This gives Google Tasks a similar view on your PC as it does on the since 2018 Available mobile apps for Android and iPhone.

Previously, Google Tasks was available as an optional extra in Gmail or Google Drive. What’s new is that you can access the function for creating and managing tasks full-screen on your desktop PC.

The large view should be accessible to everyone who has a personal Google account.

What do you think of the Google Tasks view?

You can access Google Tasks independently with just a few clicks. Find out how it works below.

The prerequisite for access is that you have logged in with your Google account.

➡️ Step 1: At the top right, click on the square icon with three rows of three dots (“Google Apps”).
➡️ Step 2: In the drop-down menu that now opens, click on “Calendar”.
➡️ Step 3: Once in the calendar view, you can switch back and forth between calendar and task view using the double button.

Complete!

How can you create different lists in Google Tasks? A pleasant convenience feature is the ability to create different lists for your tasks. Once you have arrived in the main view, you can select existing lists and create new ones.

Such lists can be helpful if you are working on different projects (e.g. “current projects,” “household,” “friends & family,” “vacation planning,” or similar).

In the red box: The selection of the various lists. (Image: 9to5google.com)

Availability of Google Tasks on mobile: Google Tasks is available for your Android phone Play Store available. The app has so far been rated by 364,000 people with an average of 4.4 out of a maximum of 5 stars.

You can also use the app under the name on your iPhone »Google Tasks: Get Things Done« download. The free application has so far been rated by almost 80,000 people with an average of 4.8 stars.

A few months ago I was looking for an application that would help me better manage my various tasks (areas). Todoist worried.

For the first few weeks, I was impressed by the numerous options to categorize my tasks (into sub-categories, with icons and color-coded), to record deadlines on a calendar, to set priorities (low, medium, high priority) or to set filters (“show me only tasks from project XY”).

A few weeks later, the haywire in Todoist was too much for me and I returned to a combination of Google Calendar, Google Tasks and pen & paper.

Personally, I drive much better now. That’s why I’m happy to now be able to push around my tasks at home on my stationary computer using Google Tasks.

On the one hand, I welcome this because it means my tasks run directly alongside the appointments in the Google calendar. On the other hand, I am still skeptical as to whether the slim range of functions of Google Tasks will meet my needs.

But the new view is definitely a step in the right direction.

Are you also happy that Google Tasks is now a bit more convenient on your PC? Or do you neither use Google Calendar nor Google Tasks and therefore don’t like the innovation? In other words: How do you organize yourself – if not with a sheet of paper and pencil? Feel free to tell us in the comments how you can put productivity into practice.