# Google Assistant integration?

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849>\
**Category:** Product Ideas\
**Created:** [25 November 2017 18:32 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849 "2017-11-25T18:32:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_Yasskin](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Jeffrey\_Yasskin](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jeffrey_Yasskin)\
**Post date:** [25 November 2017 18:32 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/1 "2017-11-25T18:32:36Z")

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Do you have plans to integrate with Google Assistant using [Google Assistant &nbsp;|&nbsp; Google for Developers](https://developers.google.com/actions/extending-the-assistant)? It would be nice to be able to create tasks by talking instead of having to go into the app.

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**Author:** ![Bjorn\_Mathisen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bjorn_mathisen/32/9496_2.png) [@Bjorn\_Mathisen](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bjorn_Mathisen)\
**Post date:** [6 December 2017 12:53 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/2 "2017-12-06T12:53:24Z")

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+1 for this idea. Google Assistant lets deveopers create their own assistants really easily. A user can then just ask “let me talk to Asana”, and Asana would start talking, dialogue-style. Much better when you’re out driving. It would feel like having a secretary with access to your projects on the phone.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\
**Post date:** [6 December 2017 19:05 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/3 "2017-12-06T19:05:30Z")

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+1 for me as well.

Also, I’d like to see the same feature recently added for Asana/Siri ([New Siri Integration with 3rd Party App, Asana](https://blog.asana.com/2017/11/new-siri-integration-asana-2/)) added for Asana/Android/Google Assistant.

I had a solution for this for the past year using IFTTT that worked great and I used it all the time:

```
 If You say "task to self $", then send an email from <myemail.address.com> to x@mail.asana.com

```

which would connect Google Assistant to Gmail, putting the “$” in the subject field and immediately create a new My Task for me; a great way to add a reminder or note on the fly by voice.

Unfortunately something at IFTTT broke a couple months ago and I since then only get an error “There was a problem with the Gmail service” which I reported to IFTTT and they acknowledged and promised to fix, but it’s been weeks.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Irish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/paul_irish/32/10931_2.png) [@Paul\_Irish](https://forum.asana.com/u/Paul_Irish)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2017 20:53 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/4 "2017-12-20T20:53:58Z")

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I managed to pull this off with a custom applet in IFTTT.

My finished applet is here (though I’m not sure is public): [Log in - IFTTT](https://ifttt.com/applets/68121648d-if-you-say-add-to-my-asana-then-create-task)

- Create new applet
- Trigger is Google assistant’s “Say a phrase with a text ingredient”
- Action is Asana’s “Create task”
- The configuration was straightforward. I don’t think anyone in this thread will have any trouble.

Cheers

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**Author:** ![MikeM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/mikem/32/11063_2.png) [@MikeM](https://forum.asana.com/u/MikeM)\
**Post date:** [26 December 2017 16:17 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/5 "2017-12-26T16:17:32Z")

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Yes, please! I use GA to record tasks while driving.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\
**Post date:** [26 December 2017 20:16 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/6 "2017-12-26T20:16:15Z")

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Thanks! Your applet was not public but was simple to recreate as you indicated and worked perfectly for me. (When I originally made my custom applet connecting Google Assistant with Gmail, there was no Asana integration with IFTTT!)

Paul, I recognize your name from years of helpful posts and videos about Chrome, DevTools and web/front-end technologies in general; thank you so much for all that too; always helpful and reliable! It’s nice to see you here. I’ll return the favor with any Bay Area Asana help if should you need it (I’m a constant Asana user for work/personal use since early on.)

I’ll add a separate question on OAuth 2.0 and Personal Access Tokens and Asana.

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**Author:** ![Kendon\_Bell](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Kendon\_Bell](https://forum.asana.com/u/Kendon_Bell)\
**Post date:** [2 January 2018 21:04 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/7 "2018-01-02T21:04:39Z")

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+1 for this. An obvious use for Google Assistant.

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Mavi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/dave_mavi/32/11851_2.png) [@Dave\_Mavi](https://forum.asana.com/u/Dave_Mavi)\
**Post date:** [18 January 2018 08:05 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/8 "2018-01-18T08:05:40Z")

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Same for me!

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**Author:** ![Patrick\_EMIN](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/patrick_emin/32/177949_2.png) [@Patrick\_EMIN](https://forum.asana.com/u/Patrick_EMIN)\
**Post date:** [28 June 2018 09:36 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/9 "2018-06-28T09:36:59Z")

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Hi Paul, trying to do that, stuck on the IFTTT “Assignee” field, it says “Loading…” but does’nt load anything… Pity…

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**Author:** ![Patrick\_EMIN](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/patrick_emin/32/177949_2.png) [@Patrick\_EMIN](https://forum.asana.com/u/Patrick_EMIN)\
**Post date:** [6 July 2018 17:39 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/10 "2018-07-06T17:39:56Z")

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No news from IFTTT after them a request for assistance … Sad… ["Assigned to" IFTTT field cannot be filed when creating Asana IFTTT recipe](https://forum.asana.com/t/assigned-to-ifttt-field-cannot-be-filed-when-creating-asana-ifttt-recipe/25140)

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**Author:** ![Christophe\_Paquin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/christophe_paquin/32/19800_2.png) [@Christophe\_Paquin](https://forum.asana.com/u/Christophe_Paquin)\
**Post date:** [9 August 2018 14:08 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/11 "2018-08-09T14:08:27Z")

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I want that too!

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**Author:** ![Martin\_Charles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/martin_charles/32/22812_2.png) [@Martin\_Charles](https://forum.asana.com/u/Martin_Charles)\
**Post date:** [25 September 2018 14:26 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/12 "2018-09-25T14:26:55Z")

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I’ve built an Action on Google which does this. Try it by saying:

> Hey Google, Ask Asana Unofficial to add task Get Milk

Check out this blog post for more. [Introducing Asana Unofficial Action On Google | by Martin Charles | Medium](https://medium.com/@0xcaff/introducing-asana-unofficial-action-on-google-b7d8ff0b676f)

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Asana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/darth_asana/32/24760_2.png) [@Darth\_Asana](https://forum.asana.com/u/Darth_Asana)\
**Post date:** [6 November 2018 15:45 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/13 "2018-11-06T15:45:49Z")

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Would love to see this feature added. +1 for me! Specifically the ability to create tasks and have the google assistant ask me which workspace and project it would belong to.

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**Author:** ![ElBeld](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/elbeld/32/69339_2.png) [@ElBeld](https://forum.asana.com/u/ElBeld)\
**Post date:** [16 October 2019 17:09 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/14 "2019-10-16T17:09:14Z")

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I created one of these as well, and it worked very nicely for about a year. Recently, however, it appears there has been a change on the technical side and items are no longer being created. I am getting IFTTT errors from the Asana service. Anyone else with this IFTTT recipe having this issue now?

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**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\
**Post date:** [16 October 2019 18:27 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/15 "2019-10-16T18:27:12Z")

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@ElBeld,

See this forum post for a likely explanation of what’s up with Asana and IFTTT:

> [@Could not connect service. I can´t connect IFTTT with asana](https://forum.asana.com/t/could-not-connect-service-i-can-t-connect-ifttt-with-asana/63337/3):
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> @JUAN_SERANTES, When you contact IFTTT, I would recommend pointing them to this forum post which discusses an Asana update now occurring: Asana is moving from numeric to string IDs and that’s my bet as to why it stopped working. If I’m right, then note that it will start working again later today, as (per that post) Asana just changed it for 24 hours in order to surface issues like this one. IFTTT then has another 2 weeks to update their service before it breaks again for good on October 29t…

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**Author:** ![Layla\_Milligan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/layla_milligan/32/52961_2.png) [@Layla\_Milligan](https://forum.asana.com/u/Layla_Milligan)\
**Post date:** [30 April 2020 07:54 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/16 "2020-04-30T07:54:46Z")

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oh my gosh YES I would love this, I love google assistant for the reminders and just to be able to set up a task with voice would be awesome!

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\
**Post date:** [30 April 2020 16:23 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/17 "2020-04-30T16:23:47Z")

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@Layla_Milligan, You can connect Google Assistant and Asana with [ifttt.com](http://ifttt.com) easily (and even though part of the integration is not working).

1. Google Assistant \> Say a phrase with a text ingredient
2. Send me an email (you can send it to [x@mail.asana.com](mailto:x@mail.asana.com) for your My Tasks or to a project-specific address)

Larry

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_TeamKickstart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bryan_teamkickstart/32/279726_2.png) [@Bryan\_TeamKickstart](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bryan_TeamKickstart)\
**Post date:** [7 May 2020 03:11 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/18 "2020-05-07T03:11:09Z")

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Is Asana ever going to fix the IFTTT integration? @Marie (I always appreciate your candor – is this anywhere on Asana’s roadmap?)

This would open up some really cool options for custom workflows, including a more fluid Google Assistant integration (even though a native Google Assistant integration would be preferred)

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**Author:** ![Marie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/marie/32/42208_2.png) [@Marie](https://forum.asana.com/u/Marie)\
**Post date:** [7 May 2020 06:52 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/19 "2020-05-07T06:52:00Z")

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Hi @Bryan_TeamKickstart,

IFFT is a third party integration, it wasn’t build by Asana. I believe our team has reached out to them already but they haven’t come back to us yet (see this post from my colleague Ross: [Could not connect service. I can´t connect IFTTT with asana - #9 by Ross\_Grambo](https://forum.asana.com/t/could-not-connect-service-i-can-t-connect-ifttt-with-asana/63337/9)). If you haven’t yet, I would try and reach out to their support team and follow advices @Phil_Seeman shared in this [reply](https://forum.asana.com/t/could-not-connect-service-i-can-t-connect-ifttt-with-asana/63337/3). Hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_TeamKickstart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bryan_teamkickstart/32/279726_2.png) [@Bryan\_TeamKickstart](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bryan_TeamKickstart)\
**Post date:** [7 May 2020 07:04 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849/20 "2020-05-07T07:04:00Z")

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Thanks for your helpful response. I’ll rattle the chains over there as much as I can.

[Next page](https://forum.asana.com/t/google-assistant-integration/11849.md?page=2)
