Google Gemini’s new Calendar capabilities take it one step closer to being your ultimate personal assistant

Google gives Gemini app for Android calendar management tools

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Google’s new family of artificial intelligence (AI) generative models,Gemini, will soon be able to access events scheduled inGoogle CalendaronAndroidphones.

According to 9to5Google, Calendar events were on Gemini Experiences Senior Director of Product Management at Google Jack Krawczyk’s “things to fix ASAP” list for what Google would be working to add toGeminito make it a better-equipped digital assistant.

Users who have theGeminiapp on anAndroiddevice can now expectGeminito respond to voice or text prompts like “Show me my calendar” and “Do I have any upcoming calendar events?” When 9to5Google tried this the week before, Gemini responded that it couldn’t fulfill those types of requests and queries - which was particularly noticeable as those kinds of requests are pretty commonplace with rival (non-AI) digital assistants such as Siri orGoogle Assistant. However, when those same prompts were attempted this week,Geminiopened theGoogle Calendarapp and fulfilled the requests. It seems that if users would like to enter a new event usingGemini, you need to tell it something like “Add an event to my calendar,” to which it should then prompt the user to fill out the details manually by using voice commands.

Going all in on Gemini

Google is clearly making progress to set upGeminias its proprietary all-in-one AI offering (including as a digital assistant, replacingGoogle Assistantin the future). It’s got quite a few steps before it manages that, with users asking for features like the ability to play music or edit their shopping lists viaGemini. Another significant hurdle forGeminito clear if it wants to become popular is that it’s only available in the United States for now.

The race to become the best AI assistant has gotten a little bit more intense recently betweenMicrosoftwithCopilot, Google withGemini, andAmazonwith Alexa. Google did recently make some pretty big strides in its ability to compress the largerGeminimodels so it could run on mobile devices. The capabilities of these more complex models sound like they can giveGemini’s capabilities a major boost.Google Assistantis pretty widely recognized and this is another feather in Google’s cap. I feel hesitant about placing a bet on any single one of these digital AI assistants, but if Google continues at this pace withGemini, I think its chances are pretty good.

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Kristina is a UK-based Computing Writer, and is interested in all things computing, software, tech, mathematics and science. Previously, she has written articles about popular culture, economics, and miscellaneous other topics.

She has a personal interest in the history of mathematics, science, and technology; in particular, she closely follows AI and philosophically-motivated discussions.

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