The Short Answer

They are in Google Tasks. Reminders you set in Google Keep were moved into Tasks in a rollout that ran from late 2025 into January 2026; they show up in the Tasks app and on the Google Calendar grid with a "From Keep" label, and the older non-repeating ones sit in a list called Old Google Keep reminders. Reminders you set with Google Assistant went to Tasks earlier, and from September 4, 2026 Google is removing Assistant itself from Android phones, tablets, watches, headphones and Android Auto, replacing it with Gemini, with no option to switch back once your device is done.

Two things did not survive the move: location reminders, which no longer trigger anywhere in Google's apps, and the habit of leaving a reminder on the note itself, because the note and the reminder now live in different apps with different rules. The rest of this post is where each piece went, how to find yours, and what to do if you would rather not move again next year.

What Moved, and When

Google has been consolidating every reminder it offers into one product, Google Tasks, for four years. The pieces landed in this order:

  • September 2022: Google announces that Assistant and Calendar reminders will migrate to Tasks; the migration itself ran through 2023, first for Workspace accounts and then personal ones.
  • November 2025 to January 2026: Google Keep reminders move to Tasks. The rollout widened in mid-January 2026 across Android, iOS and keep.google.com (9to5Google, January 15, 2026; Google's own help page).
  • December 2025: Google says Gemini will replace Assistant on Android in 2026, after first aiming for the end of 2025, to "deliver a seamless transition" (9to5Google, December 19, 2025).
  • September 4, 2026: the removal of Assistant from Android phones, tablets, Wear OS watches, Assistant-enabled headphones and Android Auto begins, rolling out over several weeks. Google's email to users says that once availability is removed, "you will no longer be able to use or switch back to Google Assistant" (Business Today, August 6, 2026). Cars with Google built-in, Google TV and Home speakers are not affected, and neither are older phones below Gemini's minimum requirements.

So if you set reminders in Keep, in Assistant, or in Calendar at any point since 2022, the answer to "where did it go" is the same: Tasks. The details of what changed on the way are where people get burned.

Keep Reminders: Exactly What Changed

From Google's help page and the rollout coverage, this is the complete list. Read it once; the last three are the ones that catch people.

  • The prompt. When it reaches your account, Keep shows "Reminders are now Google Tasks". New reminders you set in Keep are saved as tasks from then on.
  • Where they show. In the Google Tasks app and on the Google Calendar grid, labelled "From Keep", with a link back to the note.
  • The old list. Non-repeating reminders older than a year are filed into a list called Old Google Keep reminders rather than mixed into your live tasks.
  • Who notifies you. Keep no longer sends reminder notifications. Calendar or Tasks does.
  • Editing. You can change the date and time from Keep, Tasks or Calendar, and mark a reminder complete from any of them. But if you rename the note in Keep, the reminder's title does not follow; titles are edited in Tasks or Calendar only.
  • Deleting. Deleting from Keep asks whether to remove both the reminder and the note, or just the note.
  • Location reminders are gone. In Google's words, "you can no longer create or get location-based reminders". The place you had set is copied into the task's description for reference, and it will never trigger anything.
  • Limits. Tasks holds up to 100,000 tasks; if you had more Keep reminders than that, the oldest do not migrate. Very long titles are shortened, and a repeating reminder with an interval over 1,000 days is adjusted.

If you used Keep the way most people did, a note with a reminder pinned to it, the practical effect is that the note stayed in Keep and the reminder left for a second app. That is the change users on the Getting Things Done forum called "Google just wrecked Keep reminders", and it is a fair description of the workflow, if not of the data: nothing was lost, it was relocated.

How to Find Your Old Keep Reminders

1Open Google TasksThe app on your phone, or the Tasks panel on the right of Gmail and Calendar on the web. Sign in with the same account Keep used.
2Look for the "Old Google Keep reminders" listYour reminders older than a year are here, not in your default list. Recent ones are in your main list with a "From Keep" label.
3Check the Calendar gridAnything with a date also appears on Google Calendar, labelled "From Keep". This is where notifications now come from, so make sure Calendar notifications are on.
4Rescue the location onesOpen each task whose description holds a place name. It will never fire. Give it a time instead, or move it to a tool that will nag you when it matters.

↺ Titles are edited in Tasks or Calendar from now on. Renaming the Keep note does nothing to the reminder.

Assistant Reminders, and What Gemini Does Instead

Assistant reminders moved to Tasks years ago, so the September removal does not move your data again. What it removes is the way you set them: "Hey Google, remind me to…" now goes to Gemini, which creates the reminder in Google Tasks. When it works, it is the same result in the same place.

It has not always worked. Through early 2026, users on Google's own forums reported Gemini answering that it cannot create tasks, or confirming a reminder that never appeared in Tasks (Pixel Community, Gemini Apps Community), and Android Authority reported the same breakage from late February 2026, mostly in the mobile app while the web version kept working. The two checks that resolve most cases: open the Google Tasks app and pull down to force a sync, and confirm Gemini is set as the default digital assistant in your phone's app settings. If you relied on Assistant reminders with no time attached, expect to be asked for one now.

The honest summary: the destination is fine, the doorway changed, and for a few months the new doorway stuck. From September 4 there is no old doorway to fall back to.

What You Actually Lost, and Where Else to Put It

Three things, in order of how hard they are to replace.

1. Location reminders

Nothing in Google's apps triggers on a place any more. Apple Reminders still does on an iPhone. NagMeLater does not either, and we would rather say so than pretend: it is a WhatsApp contact, it knows when, not where. If "when I get to the pharmacy" was your main use, the honest options are Apple Reminders on iOS or a time-based reminder at the hour you usually go.

2. The note and the reminder in one place

This was Keep's quiet strength: a note about the boiler, with a reminder on it for the day the part arrives. Now the note is in Keep and the reminder is in Tasks, and renaming one does not touch the other. If you want that pairing back, you need a tool where notes and reminders live together. On WhatsApp that is two messages to the same contact, and both stay in the one thread you already read:

"notes" lists everything you have saved; "who is" or "notes about" searches them; the reminder fires as a message in the same chat, and "done" closes it. Nothing here depends on which Google app is in favour this year; see personal notes on WhatsApp for the full notes side.

3. A reminder app that stays put

This is the one people underestimate. Reminders are only useful if the habit of setting them survives, and every migration breaks the habit for a while: the prompt you did not read, the list you did not know existed, the assistant that says it cannot. If you have been moved from Assistant to Tasks to Gemini, and from Keep to Tasks, in three years, it is reasonable to want the next home to be one that will not move. A messaging app you have used for a decade is a defensible choice for that reason alone.

If You Are Staying on Google Tasks

Tasks is a decent home, and for many people the migration is a one-time annoyance rather than a reason to leave. Three settings make it work:

  • Turn on Calendar notifications for tasks, since that is where the alerts now originate. A migrated reminder with notifications off is a reminder that never fires.
  • Star or pin the "Old Google Keep reminders" list for a week and clear it. Anything in there that still matters gets a fresh date; the rest is noise from years ago.
  • Set reminders with a time, always. Gemini, unlike Assistant, tends to insist on one, and a task with no time is a task you see when you happen to open the app.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Did I lose any Google Keep reminders in the move to Tasks?

Not unless you had more than 100,000 tasks in the account, in which case the oldest did not migrate. Everything else is in Google Tasks: recent reminders in your main list labelled "From Keep", and non-repeating reminders older than a year in a list called "Old Google Keep reminders". Location reminders migrated as tasks too, but they no longer trigger; the place is kept in the task description.

Why is Keep no longer notifying me?

Because notifications for migrated reminders now come from Google Calendar or Google Tasks, not Keep. Check that Calendar notifications for tasks are turned on. If you set a reminder in Keep after the migration it is saved as a task and alerts the same way.

Can I still set reminders by voice after Assistant is removed?

Yes, through Gemini, which saves them to Google Tasks. From September 4, 2026 Assistant is being removed from Android phones, tablets, watches, headphones and Android Auto, with no way to switch back once a device is done. If Gemini says it cannot create a task, force a sync in the Tasks app and check that Gemini is the default assistant in your phone settings.

Is there a reminder app that will not move my reminders again?

No app can promise that, but a reminder that lives as a WhatsApp message is about as stable as software gets: WhatsApp has been on your phone for a decade and the reminder is a text in a chat you already read. NagMeLater is one such service; "note …" saves the note and "remind me on the 18th at 9am to …" sets the reminder, both in one thread, no app to install.