Use Google Gemini and ChatGPT to organize your life with scheduled actions

Developers Great artificial intelligence Chat bots They continue to roll out new features at a rapid rate, as they try to ensure that their bot is the one you turn to when you need some AI help.

One of the latest updates to Google Gemini Gives you the ability to set up scheduled actions. These are exactly what they sound like: tasks that you can have Google Gemini work on automatically, on a schedule. Maybe you want a weather and news report every morning at 7 a.m., or maybe you want an evening meal suggestion every evening at 7 p.m. Anything you can actually get a Gemini to do, you can schedule.

It brings Gemini up to speed in this regard with ChatGPT The app, which introduced scheduled tasks several months ago. The idea here is roughly the same: a robot can execute your commands at a specific point in the future, and keep repeating them if you need to. Here’s how the feature works on both platforms.

Use scheduled actions in Gemini

Editing a scheduled procedure in Gemini.David Nield

At the time of writing, this requires a Subscribe to Google’s artificial intelligence servicewhich starts at $20 per month for Google AI Pro. A chatbot can track up to 10 scheduled actions at once, so you have to be quite selective about how you use it. You can use scheduled actions in Gemini On the InternetAnd in mobile applications for Android and iOS.

All you have to do to create a scheduled action in Gemini is describe it, and include the scheduling details in the prompt. For example, you could ask Gemini to “Create a picture of a cat playing with a ball of yarn, every Monday at 12pm,” or “Give me a trivia question every evening at 7pm.”

Scheduled actions can be set to occur once, such as next Friday at 3 p.m., so that something happens on a specific day at a specific time. Alternatively, your actions can run on a recurring daily, weekly, or monthly basis. It can’t be set to a more complex rhythm (like every second Tuesday of the month), or surprise you randomly.

Gemini should realize that you’ve asked them to schedule something, and will give you a summary: what you asked them to do, when, and how often. Assuming all this information is correct, you don’t need to do anything else. The action is performed regardless of whether Gemini is open at the time or not, and you will be alerted to an action being performed through a notification on your devices (if you have them turned on) and an email.