I enabled a Google Labs tool that completely reshaped how I organize my week
Android Police 2026-07-13 13:30:10
Context: The author, Faith Leroux, a writer at Android Police, was struggling to organize her personal life and weekly tasks, often feeling overwhelmed and procrastinating on household chores. She discovered the Mixboard tool at Google Labs, a visual and brainstorming AI tool that transforms words into images and adds descriptors or captions to ideas and plans. Leroux found that using Mixboard made planning feel more fun and relaxing, and helped her to better organize her weekly tasks and personal life.
Key Facts
- The author, Faith Leroux, is a writer at Android Police, where she writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest smartphone apps and features, and has a background in chemistry and technical writing.
- Leroux was struggling to organize her personal life and weekly tasks, often feeling overwhelmed and procrastinating on household chores, and was using apps like Google Calendar, Gemini, and Google Keep to try to stay organized.
- Mixboard is a public Google Labs experiment that can be joined through any working smartphone, which uses AI to transform words into images and add descriptors or captions to ideas and plans.
- Leroux found that using Mixboard was helpful because it was proactive but didn't overwhelm her, and allowed her to create a visual and brainstorming board that felt like a "web of ideas" coming to life.
- Leroux used Mixboard to create a grocery list with images, which eventually grew into a meal-planning board that helped her to budget her grocery shopping and set reminders to stay conscious of her budget.