Gemini for Android now supports scheduled actions

With the “Scheduled Tasks” announced at the beginning of June, Google wants to make Gemini more of a real AI assistant. In the run-up to Google I/O 2025, Josh Woodward, Vice President of Google Labs and Gemini, said that the AI assistant would not only become more personal, but also “proactive” and “more powerful”. The new function will be part of this – but initially only for paying customers.

Gemini to become a real AI assistant

As Google explains, paying customers can now instruct Gemini to carry out certain tasks at set times. As examples, Google mentions the possibility of creating a summary of the calendar and an overview of unread emails in the morning, or generating ideas for blog posts every Monday.

It is also possible to receive regular updates about your favorite sports team. Gemini can also carry out one-off tasks. As an example, Google cites the summary of an awards ceremony the day after the event.

In the Gemini app, users can view, pause or delete their planned actions in the settings. The number of actions is limited according to Google: Only ten scheduled actions can be active at any one time. In addition, location-based actions can only be executed at the location where the action was created.

The new function is currently only available for use on Android devices, but not yet on iOS or in the web interface. It is still unclear when the feature will be rolled out further – The support document, which lists Android as well as “computer”, “iPhone and iPad”, indicates that it will end up on these platforms.

Google Assistant “routines” on steroids

The planned actions are not an entirely new function; the Google Assistant already had a similar feature called Routines. The new Gemini function is intended as a replacement with a wider range of functions.

Unlike the Google Assistant function, however, the planned actions are only available to paying users. Whether it will remain so is uncertain. This is because Google has repeatedly released paid Gemini functions for all users in recent months.

OpenAI's ChatGPT also has a similar function that enables the AI chatbot to send users reminders or perform recurring actions. However, this feature is also reserved for subscribers only.

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