The company Atlassian that owns the well-known project management app (Trellos Big Update) Trello is putting out a lot of cool new features this week. With these add-ons, the app will do more than just help you remember things. It will be your life’s list of things to do. You can use Trello to keep track of your work, organize your jobs, and run your projects. It wants to connect to Slack (and soon Teams), email, and even Siri to make it easier to keep track of everything that’s important to you. You can use the new features in Trello to stay organized and busy with little work, whether you’re working on personal or business projects.
Find Trello‘s newest features and how they aim to fix the everyday issue of having “too many tools”.
The Problem: Too Many Tools, Too Much Clutter
Kanban boards, which are clean and flexible, made Trello famous. These boards can be used to handle almost any job. Head of product at Trello, Gaurav Kataria, says that making another project management tool isn’t the big problem right now. Email, Slack, social media, and many work apps are just a few of the tools we have to deal with every day. Extra: We also often think of chores and ideas while we’re moving, like while we’re running, commuting, or talking to a coworker.
Now the question is how to gather all of those ideas and things to do that are spread out? The new Inbox tool in Trello can help with that.
Inbox: Your One-Stop Task Capture Tool
The most recent update to Trello adds an important new feature called “Inbox” to each board. With this tool, it’s easy to save tasks from almost anywhere on the web and organize them later in Trello. Everything you do goes straight to your Inbox, whether you forward an email, save a Slack message, or tell Siri what you need to do.
The best part? You don’t have to spend time reading through messages or emails because Trello will recap the content, add due dates, and even make subtasks. Another best part is Trello is free, the free version includes many features like unlimited personal boards, cards, and lists. This makes capturing tasks very quick and easy, keeping you organized without any trouble.
Take Control of Your Time with an All-in-One Calendar
You won’t want to miss Trello’s new Trello Planner if you like time blocking as a way to get things done. This built-in calendar view makes it easy to see your tasks and plan when to do them. You can now drag tasks right onto the calendar, making sure you have time for important work, emails, and Slack alerts.
The best part? Any job you add to Trello will show up as an event on your Google schedule or Outlook because Trello Planner is fully integrated with your schedule. This makes sure that everything stays in sync. With this tool, it’s now easier than ever to keep track of meetings, goals, and personal tasks in Trello’s clean layout.
Smarter Productivity with AI Tools for Individuals
The new artificial intelligence features from Trello provide job management a clever, customized touch. Trello isn’t aiming to be a complete project management tool like Jira, but rather the new AI tools want to maximize your own productivity experience. Here’s the way:
- Based on your activity: Trello’s artificial intelligence learns to propose task allocations, due dates, and board organization advice. It’s like having a productivity assistant that understands just what you need to accomplish going forward.
- Automated Task Creation: Have you ever gotten an email or message referencing a task but without creating a card for it? That won’t occur with Trello’s artificial intelligence. Trello can create a card, compile the work, and assign it to the relevant person when you mention a chore in Slack or email.
- Task Prioritizing: By means of urgency, deadlines, and your current workload, the AI may assist you to prioritize chores such that the most important ones always receive your first focus.
Keeping It Simple and Boosting Productivity Without the Bloat
Trello remains true to its roots by staying simple and intuitive, even with the addition of these exciting new features. The goal of this update isn’t to transform Trello into a complex project management tool. Instead, it focuses on solving everyday productivity challenges that individuals face.
As Kataria explains, Trello’s mission is to streamline personal task management without overwhelming users with unnecessary functions. “We’re not trying to be an ultra-complex project management tool,” he says. “Our goal is to help users organize their tasks more efficiently, making them more productive without the extra noise.”
For those looking for more advanced features, Trello offers a Premium plan at $10 USD per user/month, billed annually at $12.50 USD per month, Enterprise plan $17.50. This plan adds AI to your boards and provides more admin controls and perspectives with additional views, all designed to make your task management even more efficient.
The Bigger Picture Trello as a Hub for Your Life
The new Trello tools concentrate on providing a more seamless experience for those who must balance personal and professional responsibilities. Trello is portraying itself as a center for productivity—not just for work tasks but for every aspect of your life using the Inbox, Planner, and AI capabilities.
Trello is just letting you gather everything in one place and making it simpler to remain organized, not attempting to compete with every other product available. It’s about combining the many chores you do every day—from home to the office to on-the-go.
Conclusion
Trello is moving toward AI-driven, user-centered productivity with these changes. The Inbox keeps you on track, the Planner lets you arrange your day, and the AI features help you prioritize and manage your tasks. Trello integrates with Slack, email, and Siri to make it easier to remember everything.
In April, all Trello users will get the new beta features. These upgrades will boost your productivity and make it easier to manage your chores throughout your life, whether you’re a Trello expert or beginner.
