Google Calendar and Tasks are finally working together the way they always should have

If you’re like many users, you live a double life inside Google Workspace: your Google Calendar tells you where you need to be, and your Google Tasks list tells you what you need to do. The problem? Those two worlds have always been frustratingly separate.

Sure, you can add a due date to a task and see it on your calendar, but that doesn’t help you schedule the work required to get it done. A change is here now, however, as Google is rolling out a small but fundamentally game-changing update that fixes this.

Block off time on your calendar to work on a specific task

This is a massive quality-of-life improvement for anyone who uses time blocking to manage their day. Instead of creating a generic “Focus time” event and then separately looking at your to-do list, you can now tie that time block directly to the task itself. According to the Google Workspace update blog, the process is simple and intuitive:

On your calendar, select an empty slot > click task. From here, you can add the relevant task and description, and customize details like visibility and do not disturb settings.

This is the key: it creates a calendar event for the task, so that time is reserved, but it’s still linked to the original task. The best part? Google says, “You’ll also see the task on your task list and get reminded until the task is completed.”

This is the perfect implementation. Blocking time to work on a task doesn’t mean the task is done. The task remains on your list, and the reminders will persist until you actually check it off. It’s the best of both worlds—time management from Calendar and task management from Tasks, finally working in harmony.

This isn’t some high-end enterprise feature, either. It’s rolling out to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and even users with personal Google accounts.

The rollout started November 6, 2025, for Rapid Release domains (though it’s an extended roll-out, so it may take over 15 days to appear) and December 1, 2025, for Scheduled Release domains. This is genuinely one of the most practical, useful updates to Google Calendar we’ve seen in a long time.