Google Calendar recently celebrated its 10th year, and the developers packed a few gifts into the digital planning service.
Google Calendar Goals now permits users to set personal goals in Google Calendar, which is now able to use machine learning to map the best course of action for you, based on your currently scheduled activities. Reaching objectives just became easier because of the automated activity planner.
To take full advantage of the Goals service, you need to update the Android or iOS app from their respective stores. That means that Goals is currently available exclusively for mobile ecosystems, in each country where Google Calendar is live.
In order for the app to help you with your goals, you must answer two essential questions: "How often?" and "Best time?" After feeding it the information, Google Calendar computes the best window that will accommodate the path to your new objective.
About any goal can be set via Google Calendar's new feature: keeping up with your family a few times a week, losing weight or maintaining your gym schedule are all valid possibilities.
One great feature of the software is that it calibrates the timing throughout the week. For example, should you have an already scheduled event that shares the time window with your goal, Google Calendar reschedules the new activity to a more convenient time.
You may also postpone a goal for how long you need, but Google Calendar will always remember to add it to your program.
The company points out that Calendar improves with heavy usage. As the new feature relies on machine learning to get better, each time you defer, edit or complete goals, you are improving Google Calendar's capabilities at choosing proper times for future objectives.
Both the Android and iOS variants of Google Calendar got a reminder feature in December last year, with the update landing on Web interfaces earlier this month. There is a big chance that Goals will do the same in the near future.
Google seems to focus on equipping Calendar with useful features, going beyond a simple digital agenda.
"Calendars should help you make the most of your time - not just be tools to track events," the company notes.
