Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Google Calendar seems to be duplicating Google Duties performance.
- Calendar is engaged on assist for straight dealing with subtasks and lists.
- It’s potential we might someday see Calendar start to exchange the devoted Duties app.
Google positive appears to get pleasure from a bit redundancy on the subject of its app and companies. Oftentimes, that takes the type of integrating performance from one into one other; what number of other ways will we already need to entry Search? At present we’re testing one improvement alongside these traces that’s inflicting us to lift an eyebrow a bit, as we spot indicators of Google Calendar studying to do an increasing number of of what the Duties app does now.
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We’re trying on the new 2024.42.0-687921584-release construct of the Calendar app, and when you gained’t see any of this your self simply but, Google’s began work at integrating a whole lot of Duties performance straight into the app. Thus far, whereas Calendar is conscious of duties created by the Duties app, its assist has been considerably restricted, and for those who needed to do something like work with subtasks, Calendar would level you within the route of the primary app.
You may see this present possibility on the left. However after the adjustments Google’s been engaged on right here go stay, Calendar might begin letting you’re employed with duties on a a lot deeper stage, together with enhancing subtasks, like now we have right here on the best. We additionally see a brand new interface for managing the lists duties can stay in that matches what we’re used to from the Duties app itself.
In truth, the extra we give it some thought — with Calendar including all this, is there going to be any level to the first Duties app anymore? It was already a bit one-note to start with, and contemplating the way it’s used, it could make a ton of sensible sense to construct its activity administration right into a broader group app — kinda like Calendar, perhaps? There nonetheless appears like there’s extra work to be finished right here, particularly by way of fleshing out instruments for subtasks all through Calendar, however there’s positively some momentum to those additions.
Now, we will’t say that with any actual certainty simply but, nor make a lot of a prediction for when Google would possibly wish to make an enormous change like that. We can also’t simply ignore indicators that may counsel this isn’t occurring, like how we’ve been monitoring loads of energetic improvement work for Duties recently, together with its new Gemini extensions — why construct these for those who’re nearly to kill the app?
For now, this thriller must say open-ended, however we’ll preserve trying by way of Google’s app updates and see if we will’t get extra of a way for the corporate’s doubtless intentions.
