Gemini is pretty good, but compared to some other AI assistants, it still lacks some things. Not a lot of things, but there are still one or two things that we lack. Now that agentic is the next coolest thing, we’re getting new agentic functionality with Scheduled Actions.

Google has officially launched “Scheduled Actions” for Gemini, enabling you to automate future and recurring tasks across Android, iOS, and the web. This feature will help you set up prompts that will run at a particular time, on a specific day or date, or in response to an event. To initiate a scheduled action, a user provides a detailed prompt including the desired timing and frequency. Gemini then confirms the action and automatically enables it.

You’ll be able to see your scheduled tasks through a new dedicated section within the Gemini interface. On mobile devices, this is accessible via the profile menu, while on the web, it can be found in the side panel under “Settings & help.” From this dashboard, users can pause, resume, or delete any of their scheduled actions. The web interface offers a more robust editor, letting you rename actions, modify the underlying prompt, and set up daily, weekly, or monthly recurrences. According to Google, the prompt will execute within an hour of the scheduled time.

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Currently, Gemini users are limited to a maximum of ten active scheduled actions. The possibilities are endless, so you should definitely play with it and see what works best for you. You can, for one, ask it to put together market information every weekday, or ask it to give you a brand-new workout routine every day before you head to the gym. It’s pretty useful for basically any workflow you want to implement.

This feature is almost identical to ChatGPT’s scheduled tasks, and works almost identically as well. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing—chatbots keep taking inspiration from each other every so often. If you were waiting for the release of this feature, make sure to get one of Google’s paid plans, because yes, this new feature is not available to free users of Gemini. Access is restricted to those with a Google AI Pro or AI Ultra subscription, or qualifying Google Workspace business and education plans.

Source: 9to5Google