So, they should be sunsetting it sometime next year then.
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Was just about to say the same. Google often like to pick up their ball and go home after releasing something good. Maybe it’s time we stop relying on cloud apps and go back to good ol’ fashioned locally run applications.
... aaannnnddd... It's canceled.
Guess it's about time for Google to kill the project, then.
I'm not picking up any new Google products, they kill everything off so often.
I very much prefer Android but I can't fault you for that.
Same, I use android phones as well, I also use keep notes and calendar. But I've been using those for a long time, I just don't want to bother switching into anything new of theirs.
I've been using obsidian+ Syncthing and it's working nicely for me in place of google keep in case you want to switch later on
I've been doing the exact same! It's so great especially with the plugins. I learned about Syncthing because I didn't want to pay for Obsidian Sync, and now I use it for a bunch of things
exactly!! Syncthing is really awesome. I sync all my schoolwork between all devices and always have access to the latest version of my stuff
Google Tasks is effectively unavoidable if you use Google products.
I had no idea it existed...
Dont worry, they will shut all that down eventually, dont trust google with any data you actually want to keep for a long time. Short term is fine.
Some feature which I absolutely need which for some reason is not part of most task apps is to repeat tasks based on the completion date instead of the start date.
Dumb example: If I have a task to water my plants every week and I do it after 4 days already then the next due date is in 10 days instead of the 7 I'd want
'Tasks' (open source android app) can do this. Likely you already knew (others likely don't). But I agree, a surprisingly uncommen feature.
They need to keep Google Keeps out their mouth. It has flown under the radar and I would die if they kill it. That being said if Keeps and Tasks had better integration I would become unstoppable with my personal projects and errands.
I’m personally trying to use less google products - for both privacy and reliability (I’m pissed my domain is getting moved cause google just decided to be done with google domains)
It still sucks at giving notifications on time.
But Google has the best engineers lol
It's been on time for me until the last few days.
And you would think that a Wear OS version would be a no-brainer. But nope.
Integration with Google Assistant smart speakers is the main reason I would want to use Google Tasks instead of other Todo solutions. In particular, asking Google to add groceries to my shopping list while I'm cooking, so that I don't need to bring out my phone and tap it in manually since my hands are occupied or dirty.
But the integration has sucked for so long that I had pretty much given it up. Maybe if it really actually works now (instead of putting my tasks into various other Google services), I will give Google Tasks another shot.
I use it because I haven't yet found any alternative that works as well. Any recommendations?
I can't live without todoist personally. I started with Google tasks.
Any features you think google tasks lacks? Do you use the free or the paid version of todoist?
I use the free version of Todoist. I don't know what features google tasks all as now, but the big reason I switched from Tasks to Todoist was
- Being able to share lists - Super helpful for things like shopping lists
- Integration with things like Alexa - Going through the pantry and adding things to the shopping list with just my voice, or being able to add something to the shopping list just by saying it when it runs out is kind of like magic.
- Easy natural language recurring tasks
Thanks! I'll look into it.
Notion isn’t great for tasks but the all in one ecosystem for notes and databases is amazing
Is it TickTick-level good?
Google Tasks isn’t remotely close to being a powerful project management tool on par with Todoist or some of the other apps out there. Even Apple’s Reminders app can do more. It’s much closer in spirit to a paper to-do list — just a bunch of things written down that you need to get done.
Whenever I see one of these write-ups, no one mentions Microsoft To-Do in the comments.
Am I high? Is it just me? I freaking love this dumb little app…
I mean sure the only reason I use it is because my employer is a MS house so it goes out to everyone as standard, and if I didn’t get it effectively free I'd probably roll Obsidian… but it deserves a little love imo.
@runningromeo @trashhalo 100% agree. To Do used to be Wunderlist and largely preserves the design. I’ve used it on and off for years. I’ve mostly gone back and forth between Wunderlist/To Do and Todoist, but To Do is really all I need. Inline hashtags / links, sub tasks, reminders, due dates, files, repetition and Outlook integration. It walks right up to the line of project management (Todoist, I think, crosses the line, in a great way if that’s what you need).
I was just looking for this - I think it was an independent app before, they bought the company. I think. That would explain why it's so nice. And one of the things nobody mentions is that it actually lets you print your todo list out. It's such a small thing but it means the world to me
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