OnEBoard Chat: AI-Powered Google Calendar Scheduling Tools in Gmail with Priya Chandra

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This week Google Calendar expert Priya Chandra hosted OnEBoardChat with a demonstration of scheduling tools in Gmail that are integrated with Google Calendar.

This week's background is an AI-generated version of the Aloha Clock Tower in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Topics

Mind Map of today's OnEBoard Chat created with NotebookLM. Click to enlarge.
  • The AI-Powered "Schedule for Me" feature, which is triggered by phrases in Gmail messages.
  • How to insert a Google Calendar booking page in a Gmail message.
  • Adding a meeting to your Calendar from Gmail.
  • Making sure you aren't spamming calendars. 
  • Using AI tools to reduce decision fatigue and change fatigue.
  • Ideal workflows for productivity.
  • Managing multiple calendars.
  • The road map for Google Tasks in Google Calendar.
  • What AI-powered tools would be useful for small businesses.
  • Why you should send feedback to Google.

Takeaways

Priya Chandra, when the demo didn't work as expected: "...  I think that does reinforce that this is a tool and an assistant. Relying on AI to be our be all and end all isn't there yet and probably should never be there." 

Bob Danley: "... there's something called decision fatigue. I don't know if you're aware of that, but I think having AI already thinks for you, I think, is a big plus, even if it isn't perfect."

Priya Chandra: "People are quite possessive about their calendars."

Nina Trankova: "... Workspace is expanding a lot the opportunity to cut time, to be productive across the applications ... of course it's human first as we are always reminding Google."

Priya Chandra on Workspace AI tools: "These aren't replacements. They can start us and they can help. ... It's very useful to get a summary, but it's not necessarily the summary that I would have picked. So they're good starting points ... trust but verify is a great phrase I think to use for these."

Peggy Kolm: "I feel like it's totally confusing right now though because there's so many features that require a certain Workspace edition or you know Workspace with a certain add-on or a personal account with an add-on."

Related Resources

Availability
The Gmail AI scheduling feature is available for: 
  • Google Workspace Business Standard and Plus; Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus; Google AI Pro for Education
  • Google AI Pro and Ultra subscriptions
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