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Google Calendar update makes it easy to switch between events and tasks
Want to turn your new event into a task or the other way around? Now you can
Google Calendar is a handy tool for staying in sync with future events, appointments, important dates, tasks, and more. However, the Android app's user interface leaves a lot to be desired. Back in December, we came across a quick and easy way of switching between Tasks or Events after selecting either option from the FAB. However, it required some flags to work at the time. That's changing now, as Google is bringing this new event/task-switching page to all Calendar users as part of a server-side rollout.
Change this setting if you share your primary Google Calendar
Gmail events won’t show up for everyone by default, and this is the fix
Google Calendar is a great tool to organize your life. If you’re anything like me, you’ve long ditched paper calendars and entered all of your various appointments right into the calendar app on your phone. As long as you don’t need to share your calendar with anyone else, the process is as smooth as it gets. But once you introduce calendar sharing to the mix, there is one vital thing you need to watch out for, as I’ve painstakingly learned.
How to add a Zoom link to Google Calendar
Zoom integration can be easy on any device. Learn how to send Google Calendar invites with Zoom links in minutes
Adding a Google Meet conference call link to a meeting invitation sent from the calendar tool is easy. It isn't as easy to add a conference call link for a video conference platform, such as Zoom. We cover all the ways to add Zoom links to Google Calendar. After setting up the integration, adding a Zoom link to a Google Calendar invitation is simple, whether you use a Chromebook, a Windows or Mac computer, an Android camera phone, or an iPhone.
If you have a lot of meetings and events to attend, use a calendar to organize your schedule. Google Calendar is among your best options, especially since it's installed on the best Android tablets and phones. But what if you gave up on Google and switched to Outlook or Microsoft 365? How do you add your Google Calendar events to an Outlook calendar? Follow this tutorial to learn how.
You can now send Drive files to meeting attendees' calendars
Conveniently share files with meeting attendees ahead of time
In a virtual workspace environment, the ability to seamlessly share files with team members or fellow employees is of utmost importance. For organizations that are dependent on Google Workspace for collaborative tools and communication, Drive is the obvious choice for a file storage service. Google is now making it effortless to share Drive files with attendees of future meetings that are listed on Google Calendar.
How to set your Google Calendar to private
No one needs to know that you have a dentist appointment next week. Google Calendar keeps your schedule under wraps
Making events in Google Calendar private is a good idea when you share it with collaborators. You don't want them to see your doctor's appointments and other sensitive schedules. Revoke third-party access to your Calendar, and only you will see your activities.
How to create a custom view in Google Calendar
Filter the visual noise and view only days important to you on Google's Calendar
At a glance, Google Calendar is a lot to take in, especially when you fill its grids with events. You can switch between the monthly, weekly, and daily views with your favorite keyboard shortcuts. But if you have a specific range, you can customize the layout to match your workflow.
How to add your Outlook Calendar to Google Calendar
Manage your Outlook and Google calendars seamlessly!
You have two choices when it comes to juggling your calendars. You can switch back and forth between your work calendars, your personal calendars, and others you might have. Or, you can merge them into one calendar and keep your tasks together. You most likely use Outlook at work. You can import Outlook Calendar to your Google Calendar on any device, including powerful new Chromebooks. Here's how.
Google Calendar is testing improved navigation to quickly switch months
Switching between months has never been easier
Google Calendar helps us stay on top of our events and meetings, with its capabilities recently expanding to accommodate Tasks as well. Among the key focuses of the Android app's UI changes in the past year or two have revolved around chips, as we've seen with the likes of Google Contacts and Chat. The search giant is now ready to bring these chips to the Calendar app in a bid to simplify the process of navigating between months.
How to create an appointment calendar in Google Calendar
You can use Google Calendar to reign in the chaos of a busy schedule with its powerful appointment calendar and booking page options
Android is full of excellent calendar apps. We recommend many of them, but Google Calendar is the easiest. It integrates smoothly with the Google ecosystem. If you're an active Google user, there's little sense in switching to anything else.
Google Calendar will let you switch between creating events and tasks on the fly
Could this be the end of that awkward multi-tiered FAB?
Google Calendar is the home of many peoples’ everyday events and tasks, and it has a lot of cool shortcuts you might not have known about. Without Calendar, we would probably feel completely and utterly lost, even with all the other calendar apps out there. It’s important to make sure that calendar entries are as detailed as possible, whether it’s a work party that you feel obligated to go to or a simple household chore where, if you don’t do it, no one will. Previously, it was pretty easy to accidentally begin creating an event when you meant to create a task and vice versa on Google Calendar. Now, Google is working on a way to make selecting what type of calendar entry you want a lot easier on Android.
Google Calendar could soon only support Android 8 and newer
Time for an upgrade if you're rocking an older version
Android Nougat 7.1, released in 2016, is officially a seven-year-old version of Google's mobile OS. While most apps still roll with it, Google's getting picky. Case in point: Google Chrome recently bowed out at version 119 for Nougat. In the near future, Google Calendar might be gearing up to join the club, as evidenced by a new flag in the latest app release.
Google Tasks gets a proper home in Google Calendar for the web
Switch to a dedicated full-screen UI with one click
Getting things done in a corporate setting, or even on the personal front, requires proper planning and allocating time to specific activities. There are several popular calendar apps which facilitate this through reminders and to-do list integrations. Google Calendar is among the most well known of the lot, mostly because of how it ties into Android and Google Workspace simultaneously. Now, the company is giving Google Tasks a proper home in the Calendar app on the web, many months after the demise of standalone Calendar reminders.
The best Google Calendar shortcuts
Google Calendar helps you filter through the clutter and manage schedules faster with keyboard commands
Traditional calendars stop at helping you mark dates, but Google Calendar takes it a step further. You can schedule events, invite guests, and set reminders from small phones and tablets to larger devices. A first glance at the app can be confusing, especially if you're a busy person. Shortcuts aid you in navigating through the interface quickly and save time.
Gmail has been the most popular email service for over a decade because it's easy to use and comes with your Google account. We still use email to manage our other online accounts and send event invites. Chromebooks are popular devices that can help you level up your email calendar invite game with its easy-to-use Gmail web app. As long as you have access to the desktop version of Gmail on any device, you can send calendar invites in a few short minutes.
Google Calendar finally shows predictive back animations for everyone, not just devs
Turns out you don’t have to enable developer options when an app uses custom animations
Google added new back animations to Android 14 that allow you to see the next step ahead of finishing the gesture. To use this, you need to activate predictive back gestures in your system setting's developer options. However, the latest update of Google Calendar makes clear that apps don't even need developer options to be enabled to display Predictive Back Gestures.
Google Calendar has a dead simple new way to share events
Everyone's sharing links these days, and now your events can too
In a time when virtually everything has a shareable link, from documents to video calls, Google Calendar has decided it doesn't want to be left behind. The software is now enhancing its capabilities by offering users the option to share events via direct links. This update promises to make coordinating and disseminating event information even more seamless for users.
Google Calendar update makes the current date more visible
The button to jump to the current date now actually shows the current date
Google Calendar is one of those invaluable tools that helps you organize your day and schedule important events. It’s pre-installed on pretty much all great Android phones out there, so changes to the app can have a positive or negative effect on many people’s lives. The latest small tweak should fall into the positive side of things, though, with Google adding a current date indicator to the interface.
Google Calendar is one of the most popular services used on Android phones and has been downloaded over 500 million times. While there are plenty of other calendar apps on Android to choose from, Google's variant stands out by combining ease of use with functionality.
Google Calendar tops our list of favorite calendar apps for Android because it offers excellent features to keep track of your schedule and stay organized. When you have everything sketched, sharing your calendar is a convenient way to inform your coworkers or family members about upcoming meetings, events, and appointments or show them when you're busy or free. Depending on why you want to share a Google calendar and who you're bringing in, you can make it public or restricted to selected people. You'll need at least an inexpensive Chromebook or a desktop browser to share a Google calendar and manage permissions accordingly, but the process is straightforward.