Get ready for a big shift in how you manage your to-dos! Google is officially unifying its reminder features, meaning your familiar Google Keep reminders will soon find a new home within Google Tasks. This move, set for the second half of 2025, aims to streamline your productivity across all Google Workspace apps.
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The Big Move Explained: Keep and Tasks Merge
For a while now, Google has been working to bring all its reminder and to-do functionalities under one roof: Google Tasks. You might remember when Google Tasks took over from Google Assistant Reminders in 2023, or more recently, how the full Tasks app was integrated directly into Google Calendar for Android. Now, it’s Google Keep’s turn.
The company announced this upcoming change for Keep reminders in April 2024, promising the transition would happen “over the next year.” A recently updated support document confirms the specific timeline: Google Keep reminders will “migrate to Tasks” in the “second half of 2025.” This means when you tap the bell icon in Keep to set a reminder, it will automatically be saved to Tasks. You’ll even see a handy “From Keep” badge to easily identify these migrated reminders.
Google Keep notes and task list interface with cover image
Why the Change? Unifying Your To-Dos
So, why is Google making this change? The goal is simple: to make Google Tasks the single, centralized solution for all your to-dos across the entire Google Workspace ecosystem. Think about it – whether you’re jotting down a quick reminder in Keep, flagging an email in Gmail, scheduling an event in Calendar, or tracking tasks in Chat or Docs, Google wants one consistent place to manage it all.
This integration means greater consistency and accessibility for your reminders. No more wondering where you saved that important note or what app to open to find a specific task. By making Tasks the hub, Google aims to ensure everything is up-to-date and easily reachable across all the Workspace products you use daily.
Google Keep's dedicated reminders section showing a list of notes with set reminders
What to Expect: A Seamless Transition
While the core functionality of setting reminders in Keep will continue, the underlying system powering them will shift to Google Tasks. This means that after the migration in late 2025, you’ll still be able to find, edit, and complete these reminders directly within Keep, just as you do today. The key difference is that they will also be fully integrated and manageable within Google Calendar, the dedicated Google Tasks app, and even through Google Assistant.
For current Google Keep users, the app offers a dedicated feed for Reminders in its navigation drawer, which provides a great experience, especially when a reminder is tied to a longer note. This specific Keep-centric view will likely continue to be supported, ensuring that the unique strengths of Keep are preserved even as Tasks becomes the central management system.
Another screenshot illustrating how Google Tasks will display reminders originating from Google Keep
Preparing for the Future of Productivity
This upcoming change is part of Google’s broader vision to simplify and unify its productivity tools, making your digital life a little less cluttered. By centralizing reminders in Google Tasks, you’ll have a more cohesive and efficient way to manage everything you need to remember and get done across your Google devices and services. It’s all about making your digital life work smarter, not harder.
Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to the second half of 2025, and prepare to experience a more integrated approach to your daily tasks and reminders!
