Google Calendar, which is turning 10 this year, has launched a feature called ‘Goals’ today that uses machine learning to automatically set aside time for self-betterment tasks like learning a new language or working out by telling the app what you want to do and relying on it to find a spot in your busy schedule. Google Calendar’s ‘Goals’ feature is now available for both Android and iOS users.
At the basic level, ‘Goals’ feature is just a way to refresh the app and give users a dramatic taste of machine intelligence and its immense possibilities.
Google ‘Goals’ is set up by clicking into a category (which currently include ‘Exercise’, ‘Build a Skill’, and ‘Me Time’, that can also be customized) and selecting a specific activity. Then Calendar will automatically find open slots, fill them in with your goal, and send reminders.
For example you want to go to some gym and set this as a ‘goal’; Google Calendar will ask you how many times a week you’d like to go, for how long, and which time slot you’d prefer – morning, afternoon, or evening. Then ‘goals’ takes a look at your existing calendar, full of meetings, lunch dates and fit your goal into an open space. Users can choose to defer any goals they can’t complete right now, and the app will move it to a later gap in the day. It will also move any goal event that clashes with something else you manually add to your calendar later.
According to the company, ‘Goals’ may also become available on the web soon.
Source: financialexpress.com
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