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There are two ways to bring Google Tasks into Twos. Connect it and your task lists keep syncing, or import a Takeout export once.

Keep syncing

Connect Google Tasks in Settings Integrations Google Tasks. Each Google task list becomes a Twos list of the same name, and new tasks arrive about every 30 minutes, or right away with Sync now.

The useful part is Gmail. Save an email to Tasks in Gmail and it shows up in Twos as a to-do with a link that opens that email. Attachments stay with the email, so nothing needs uploading.

What syncs:

  • Open tasks as to-dos, with subtasks indented under their parent.
  • Due dates as all-day reminders.
  • Notes as the thing's note.
  • Checking a task off in Google checks it off in Twos.

It is one way. Twos only reads, and nothing you do in Twos changes Google Tasks. Deleting a task in either place leaves the other alone, and a list you delete in Twos is not brought back.

Using your own Google credentials

Until Google finishes reviewing Twos, connecting uses your own Google Cloud credentials. The settings page walks through it: create an OAuth client in the Google Cloud Console, then make a refresh token in the Google OAuth 2.0 Playground and paste the three values in. If your consent screen is left in Testing, Google expires the token after 7 days, so set it to In production.

Import once from Takeout

Before you start

Request a Takeout export including Tasks. It arrives as JSON. Import it in Settings Integrations Google Tasks.

Takeout can take a while to prepare on Google's side, which is usually the slowest part.

What comes across

Task lists as lists, tasks as to-dos, due dates as reminders, and notes as thing notes.

Why this one is easy

Google Tasks is a simple model: lists, tasks, dates, notes. That maps almost directly onto Twos, so this is one of the cleaner imports.

Tips

  • Take the chance to drop what you are not going to do. A Takeout export is a good moment to be honest about a task list.
  • After importing, let carry-over take over rather than maintaining due dates by hand. See carry-over.