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And with the right advanced add-ons, it can become a powerful way to track and organize important items and stay on top of all sorts of obligations.Ĭheck out these little-known Tasks enhancements, and get ready to see Google's almost-invisible organizational helper in a whole new light. Hang on, though: Whether you're using Google Tasks in those capacities or you had no earthly idea it even existed, the service has some serious potential. Even if you spend a ton of time spelunking around the Google ecosystem, those aren't exactly the most top-of-mind places for your most pressing to-do list items.

But still, on the desktop front, where lots of us spend our daytime hours, the only ways to access Google Tasks are via that awkward side panel at the right of the Gmail website or as a slightly confusing option within Google Calendar - where Tasks kinda-sorta exists as another home for that interconnected reminders system.

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