Microsoft adds task detection to SwiftKey to instantly upload tasks to ToDo

One of the latest additions to the SwiftKey keyboard is for those who use Microsoft ToDo as their preferred task list: you no longer have to click the ToDo icon to add a task, the keyboard itself can identify it based on what is typed.

Since we have relegated most of our memory to our phone, the best way for us to remember to do something is, precisely, use the phone. The assistants offer practical reminders that are activated by voice, but nothing better than using an application dedicated to the proper management of pending “ToDos”. The Microsoft application combines simplicity and remarkable power. And integration, an equally important point.

Add tasks directly from the SwiftKey keyboard

Capture Tasks from Clipboard

Imagine you’re talking to one of your friends via WhatsApp and something to do comes up, like meeting up in the cafeteria after work. The most common would be to open the task app or calendar to add this event. But, if you are using SwiftKey, you can directly add the task to Microsoft ToDo thanks to the button that appears on the top line of the keyboard

The button has been on the keyboard for a while, but Microsoft has decided to take it a step further: using the company’s AI, SwiftKey can identify when there’s an implicit task in the text being typed so suggest the user add it to their list. Automatically and without the need to press the ToDo button.

As published by Microsoft itself, SwiftKey has improved ToDo integration to make adding tasks more convenient and automatic

. And in three different ways: by clicking the button, capturing the clipboard or productively after detecting that a pending task underlies the text.

ToDo is now available in Swiftkey for Android: once tasks are added from SwiftKey, they remain in the task list. From the keyboard you can neither modify nor complete what has been added, for this you will always need the Microsoft ToDo application.

With this new feature, SwiftKey gains in functionality and versatility; in exchange for getting heavier and heavier (like Gboard). If you want to try integrating tasks into the keyboard, just install the latest beta version of SwiftKey.