How to see who’s free for a pickup, and ask them

Open a pickup nobody has taken yet. The Who’s free? card lists everyone who could take it: at work, has something on, has another pickup, can’t make it, or free then. Tap Ask beside someone who’s free, and they get a notification asking them to do it.

Two kids with backpacks run out of the school gate to Grandma, who holds up her phone with a green check mark beside her car

Where to find it

Open the pickup
Who’s free?

Who can do this

Parents and guardians. Asking is up to whoever may change that pickup.

Step by step

Open a pickup that nobody has said “I’ll do it” to, from the Calendar, Events or Home.
Scroll to Who’s free?. Each person shows where they stand then, like “At work 9:00 AM–5:00 PM” or “Free then”.
Tap Ask beside someone who’s free.

What happens next

They get a notification asking them to do it, with I’ll do it and Can’t make it buttons.
They show as “Asked, waiting for an answer” until they reply.

Good to know

“At work” comes from work hours, and “Has something on” from a Google Calendar someone connected.
Someone with no work hours saved shows “No working hours saved”, so check with them.
Only people with their own Kid Pickup account can be asked this way.

Checked against Kid Pickup 2.0 on October 28, 2026. Something look different on your phone? Tell us and we’ll fix the guide.