The top of Google Duties? Google begins folding app into Calendar on Android

Google Duties is now a part of Google Calendar on Android
It follows the online apps merging final yr
Google Duties might finally be retired as a standalone app

Google has actually by no means been afraid of killing off apps and merchandise it isn’t that enthusiastic about any extra (see Killed by Google for particulars), and it seems that Google Duties might be the following app on the chopping block.

The Google Duties app is now obtainable inside Google Calendar for Android, Google has introduced (via 9to5Google). Google is positioning this as a profit – however are we unsuitable to be a bit nervous about the way forward for the standalone Google Duties app?

Maybe not, given Google’s historical past with merging and dropping merchandise, and the best way that Google Duties has been slowly discovering its method into different apps – not simply Google Calendar, however also Gmail and the Google Assistant.

The Android replace follows the addition of Google Duties to Google Calendar on the net, which occurred final yr. “This replace makes it simpler for customers to remain on high of and set up their duties, particularly whereas on the go,” Google says.

The way forward for Google Duties

closeup of a google stadia gaming controller being thrown into the trash can in frustration, against a colorful background

Google has killed off a variety of tasks, together with Google Stadia (Picture credit score: Colleen Michaels)

There isn’t any indication that Google Duties goes to be killed off within the very close to future, and we’re doing a bit little bit of studying between the strains right here. It is nonetheless obtainable for Android and iOS, along with being obtainable on the net.

Nonetheless, as famous above, the outdated Google Duties web site portal now takes you to Google Calendar instead. There is a toggle swap up within the top-right nook that allows you to swap between seeing your schedule and seeing your to-do lists.

It is sensible on your duties to be inside your calendar – most of them will in all probability have a due date, in any case – however it might be a disgrace if Google had been to do away with the separate Google Duties app fully. Typically much less is extra, and a part of the enchantment of Google Duties is its easy, uncluttered interface.

We’ll have to attend and see what Google’s subsequent transfer is, however we hope Google Duties sticks round for a few years to return. It does a minimum of appear to nonetheless have extra life in it as an unbiased app than Google Fit does.