Summary
- Google Tasks appeared to be nearing discontinuation as a standalone app due to ongoing integration with Google Calendar and other services.
- Recent updates, including a visual refresh and a dedicated website, suggest Google is committed to continuing Tasks’ development as a standalone product.
- The new website, tasks.google.com, offers the same UI as the Tasks page within Google Calendar, but with its own URL.
Towards the end of 2024, there were several signs that Tasks might be the next product headed to the Google graveyard — at least, as a standalone app. Continued integration into Google Calendar saw virtually all the Tasks app’s functionality ported over to the company’s main scheduling platform, making it seem like there was little reason for Google to continue maintaining a separate Tasks app.
Things have started looking up for Tasks in 2025, however. Last month, we saw signs that the app could soon get a visual refresh, adding completion dates and a new alphabetical sorting method. Now, Google has taken things a step further by launching a dedicated website for Tasks, suggesting the company plans to continue development of the standalone service alongside its Google Calendar integration.
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A new home of its own
The new website can be found at tasks.google.com, much like other Google services that prefix the web address with their names (via 9to5Google). It’s the same UI you would previously get if you bookmarked the Google Tasks page on Google Calendar, so its availability on the web isn’t new — just the dedicated URL.
The UI is pretty straightforward, mirroring the mobile app in many ways. To start, you land in the All tasks section, and there’s a navigation pane where you can access your starred tasks and custom lists. Clicking an existing task cues up the edit view, where you can change the due date or add details. There’s a prominent button towards the top-right corner for creating new tasks, and of course, a radial selector lets you tick off completed tasks in one click.
Unlike Google Calendar, however, there’s no toggle for manually switching between dark mode and light mode. Instead, the website simply follows your computer’s light mode setting. Considering Calendar and other Google sites have a manual dark mode override, we expect a setting for it to be added at some point in the future.
With this shiny new website, it’s hard to imagine Google would dump the standalone version of Tasks anytime soon. Instead, it seems the company plans to keep Tasks as its own product while also integrating its functionality into other relevant apps, like Google Assistant, Search, and Calendar.