This article was published on July 6, 2014

Google Now gets a new ‘occasional’ reminder option for recurring tasks and events


Google Now gets a new ‘occasional’ reminder option for recurring tasks and events

Google Now has added a new reminder option which will persistently dog you about to-dos or tasks on a semi-ongoing basis. The addition of the ‘occasionally’ reminder option, which was first spotted by Android Police, may not seem significant at first, but it throws up a couple of interesting usage options.

Rather than specifically setting up a task for a particular day, date or time — which is then dismissed and disappears from view forever — the new option keeps an ongoing reminder. At this early point, though, it isn’t clear how regularly that ‘occasional’ reminders will be shown to users.

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Nonetheless, if you want to remind yourself to do (or be) something on a regular basis, without consigning the reminder to history by dismissing the alert, then Google Now has you covered. Although, whether services like Google Keep, Evernote, or other online to-do lists are better suited for the task is up to you.

Google Now Adds An ‘Occasionally’ Reminder Option, For When It’s Only Kinda Important [Android Police]

Thumbnail image via TNW, screenshot via Android Police

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