Quick Answer: What's the Difference Between Google Tasks and Reminders

Though they may seem similar in use, the way they function and their interface are still different. Google Reminders is an app integrated with Google Assistant and Google Calendar to set and complete reminders. Google Tasks is a separate app mainly developed to add tasks with reminders and mark them once completed.

Are Google Tasks replacing reminders?

Google will now prompt you to put all your reminders in the Tasks app. Google is rolling out three important updates to Tasks, the app for quickly creating lists and to-do notes that got a more prominent placement in the new design of Gmail unveiled last year.

How do I use Google Tasks and reminders?

Go to Gmail, Calendar, or a file in Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides. On the right, click Tasks . Next to “Add a task,” click More. Copy reminders to Tasks. At the bottom, choose your options.