The Google Tasks web app has been helping people create and manage their to-do lists. This is because Google Tasks features a Gmail and calendar integration. Plus, the to-do lists you create can be shared with your colleagues. The app also lets you visually highlight overdue tasks, and create reminders and notifications.
According to the official app description on Google Play, you can get more things done with the Google Tasks app. You can manage, capture, and edit your tasks from anywhere, anytime, as well as sync your to-do lists across your devices. Its integrations with Google Calendar and Gmail help you get tasks done faster.
These are why it will be a blessing to have the Google Tasks web app on devices like the Samsung Galaxy Chromebooks – which is seemingly what is about to happen according to the latest news stories from media outlets.
The Google Tasks web app on Samsung Galaxy Chromebooks?
Samsung Galaxy Chromebooks may soon gain easy access to the web app. Specifically, ChromeOS itself might obtain a native Google Tasks app integrated into its system tray. What does this mean? It means users of Galaxy Chromebooks will benefit from the app’s features so far.
Details of Google reportedly developing this capability can be found in the article by Kevin Tofel on the website, About Chromebooks.
“Step aside integrated ChromeOS Calendar and make room for tasks. More specifically, make room for a native system tray Tasks app on Chromebooks. I learned today that Google is developing a glanceable user interface to manage tasks using the Google Tasks API,” Tofel wrote.
Tofel’s profile said he has been covering technology since 2004 and has used ChromeOS since Google launched the CR-48 in 2010, reviewing several Chromebooks since then. He also worked for the Chrome Enterprise team of Google between 2016 and 2017, supporting the Android app support’s launch.
Still incomplete
Tofel also shared the code behind the Google Tasks web app integration with ChromeOS. Nonetheless, everything still seems incomplete and a work in progress. Experts are saying the feature is not likely to come very soon.
Right now, Samsung Galaxy Chromebook users are not able to access Google Tasks without them launching another Google app initially. They must first open Calendar, Chat, Gmail, Drive, or a file in Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides. Only then can they proceed to Tasks on their screen’s right side and launch the web app.
The About Chromebooks piece also said that, by the looks of everything, Google might prioritize simplicity over complexity as it offers easy access to the web app through the system tray. It also said it is still too early to judge how the final design will appear.
“In terms of the user interface, the current code is using a ‘bubble view’ for the Tasks app on Chromebooks,” Tofel added.
