Add events from emails, voice notes and ticket screenshots to Google Calendar with Gemini
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- by Dhruv Bhutani (Android Police)
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An Android Police writer says Gemini fixed his main Google Calendar complaint, adding entries by hand. He asks Gemini by voice to schedule calls while out, uses it in Gmail to create events from invites, and sends it screenshots of concert-ticket presale times to make reminders. He notes it doesn't add guests automatically and the Gmail option doesn't always trigger on its own.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Create calendar entries from the details I give you. Fill in before running: - Email, screenshot or spoken details: [PASTE/ATTACH] - Which calendar (personal, family, shared): [NAME] - Reminder timing: [e.g. 1 day and 1 hour before] Rules: - Read the date, time, time zone and place exactly; ask if anything is unclear. - Show me the entry before saving. - Add the reminders I asked for. - Remind me that guests need to be invited separately. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: Confirmed calendar entries with reminders. You'll know it worked when: each event appears on the right calendar with the correct time.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Create calendar entries from the details I give you. Fill in before running: - Email, screenshot or spoken details: [PASTE/ATTACH] - Which calendar (personal, family, shared): [NAME] - Reminder timing: [e.g. 1 day and 1 hour before] Rules: - Read the date, time, time zone and place exactly; ask if anything is unclear. - Show me the entry before saving. - Add the reminders I asked for. - Remind me that guests need to be invited separately. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Double-check time zones on tickets and invites from other regions. Output: Confirmed calendar entries with reminders. You'll know it worked when: each event appears on the right calendar with the correct time. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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