Google Assistant Reminders lets you send tasks to your friends and family

Google Assistant Reminders update lets you send tasks to friends and family

This collaborative attribute steps Reminders game way upwards

Google is rolling out an update to the Google Banana-based Reminders part that lets you enquire it to send reminders to other people.

For example, if yous said to your Google Assistant, "remind Gord to buy fruit at 5:thirty PM," then Gord would become a notification on his phone alerting him that you lot've set up a reminder for him. Another reminder would also exist sent to him when the task is due.

When Gord completes that job and marks it as done on his phone, the sender gets a notification letting them know it's been completed.

Just like a regular Google Assistant Reminder, if you apply voice controls to gear up information technology, yous can set it to either alert the recipient at a specific time or location, as reported by Engadget.

To round out this feature prepare, users tin ask Assistant questions like "what are my reminders for Gord" or "what are my reminders from Gord."

It'southward worth calculation that Engadget notes smart displays similar the Nest Hub and Google Assistant-enabled devices like Google Abode volition just exist able to receive Reminder notifications. Users tin only mark an item complete on their phones for now.

To reign this in, Google'south fabricated it and so information technology merely works with users who are in the same Family Group. If you want to add kids who are nether the age of 13, you need to utilize the Family Link app.

On pinnacle of all this, you can send Reminders to people who are phonation-matched to the same Google Banana-enabled speakers. Whoever you're trying to send Reminders to must too be in your Google contacts app.

Engadgetdoes mention that you tin also block users from sending you lot tasks.

Source: Engadget