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Six tips to make the most of Microsoft To Do on your Android device

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Shilpa_Rana
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Nov 26, 2020

With a diminishing boundary between work and life, it becomes more important to keep a track of things to do! Microsoft To Do helps you in managing all your work and personal tasks in one place, while ensuring proper syncing across all devices in an intelligent way.

As a part of our "six tips on To Do" series, in this article, we will focus on the exclusive To Do features available on Android. For six tips on To Do Windows click here
Happy reading!

 

1. Reminders to plan your day

Forgot to set up My Day this morning? On Android, you can set a daily reminder to keep on top of your tasks. Find it in your settings!

 

2. Drag and drop between apps on Android

Quickly add a note or step in Android by dragging and dropping between any app and To Do in split screen view.

 

 

3. Home screen shortcut

Have a list you like to look at frequently? Add a shortcut to your home screen on Android to access it quickly.

 

 

4. To Do widget on Android

To Do widget is available on Android! By using the To Do widget on your Android device you can quickly add and complete tasks without opening the app.

 

 

 

5. Swipe it!

Another quick action for you: just swipe left on any task to delete it, or swipe right to move it or add it to My Day.

 

 

6. Quick add:

Exclusively available for Android To Do users, this persistent notification in your Android notifications area helps you add a task in To Do with just one tap. You can enable it from the notification setting area.

 

 

We hope that you enjoyed this article! let us know your feedback in the comments below or over on Twitter and Facebook. You can also write to us at todofeedback@microsoft.com. 

 

 

Updated Nov 26, 2020
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  • roybatty735's avatar
    roybatty735
    Copper Contributor

    Where is natural language support for Web and Android? Why is preference given to IOS users who are not even in the Windows ecosystem?

  • Hugo_R's avatar
    Hugo_R
    Copper Contributor

    When is Natural Language support coming to Android?

  • Kruiser's avatar
    Kruiser
    Copper Contributor

    There needs to be a method to have all tasks  due today, and past due tasks, and no others, in a list for today. I thought My Day would do that. But then, that's apparently too logical.

     

    From what I read, each morning you need to add tasks to the "fresh start...My Day". Wow, so helpful to have to manually do what should be automatic.

     

    It seems a major misstep by Microsoft. All other ToDo apps I've used do this.

     

    I guess I'll have to go back to another application. 

  • Pcat24's avatar
    Pcat24
    Brass Contributor

    The setting for #1 in your list seems to be bugged on android. If i turn off the daily plan your day reminders then the setting just turns itself back on by the next day.