Google rolls out scheduled actions to the Gemini app

Most AI interactions still start the same way: you stare at an empty chat box and figure out what to ask. Google is trying to flip that dynamic.

The Gemini app is rolling out "scheduled actions," a new feature that lets the assistant proactively run tasks on a schedule.

Putting Gemini on a timer

Instead of typing the same prompt every day, you can now tell Gemini to handle a task at a specific time, or turn an existing prompt into a recurring routine. Everything you set up can be viewed and managed from a dedicated settings page in the app.

Google pointed to a few everyday examples: waking up to a clean breakdown of unread emails and your calendar, getting five blog ideas delivered every Monday morning, or scheduling a one-off summary of an awards show the morning after it airs.

The feature is available now for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, as well as eligible Google Workspace business and education users.

Why it matters

We see this as a practical step toward truly proactive personal agents. The biggest bottleneck for routine AI workflows has never been model intelligence; it is the human friction of remembering to open the app and trigger the prompt.

By moving recurring tasks directly into the chat interface, Google makes automation far simpler than setting up third-party tools. That said, keeping it behind high-tier subscriptions limits the immediate reach, and its real value will depend entirely on how reliably Gemini interacts with personal Workspace data.