Google acknowledges that many Google Calendar users already use events for this type of functionality, or they have a to-do list that is separate from their Google Calendar.
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Reminders work exactly as you’d expect. Even if you miss completing the event on the day you had penned in, the Reminder will show up at the top of your calendar on the next day, making sure that you’ve got a visual reminder that you had something to do.
While to-dos and their reminders appear in Google Calendar, you can also create reminders from Inbox (the Gmail alternative), Google Keep (a note-taking mobile app) and Google Now (“Ok Google, remind me to buy flowers for Steph”, or whatever). While it’s been possible to create reminders in Google for a while now, it’s big news that they’ll now be integrated with Google Calendar and actually stay on top of your calendar until they’re done. So you can create a reminder in Inbox, Google Keep, or Google Now, and it’ll appear in your Google Calendar. When you finally do finish the task, you can just swipe the Reminder away.
Reminders help with the details Another way Reminders are more useful than events is that Calendar adds things like phone numbers and addresses automatically.
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The update is rolling out now, and will be available in the latest update to Google Calendar. For those of us who still manage our calendars online, Google says it’s working on bringing Reminders to the Web soon.
