Google Calendar
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Google Calendar makes it easy to keep track of appointments and key dates, but sometimes you just don’t need to see information that’s added by default, like holidays. Soon, you may have more choice in the matter.
Expand Expanding CloseAs I said in 2022, Google Calendar is my favorite first-party app for Android tablets and foldables. Following an update detailed at I/O 2024, it retains that top spot for me.
Expand Expanding CloseWith last year’s big Google Tasks Assistant migration, Google Keep was excluded from the unified experience. That’s changing, with Google Keep reminders soon appearing in Google Tasks.
Expand Expanding CloseAn update to Google Calendar on Android is rolling out, which makes it significantly easier to scroll through months.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Calendar “appointment slots” have long allowed education and enterprise users to create and reserve specified time slots. Google is now removing that capability and replacing it with “appointment schedules.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Calendar for Android is rolling out a small tweak to how you create an event or task.
Expand Expanding CloseFollowing reminders last week, Gemini on Android can now access your Google Calendar events, as well as create new ones via voice command.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle has updated its Calendar app on the iPhone and iPad with a trio of convenient lockscreen widgets.
Expand Expanding CloseFor many, Google Calendar is an essential app for keeping track of events and ongoing tasks, but the app currently makes it a little more complicated than it needs to be to create a task. Soon, though, that’s set to change in the Android app.
Expand Expanding CloseOlder versions of Android often continue to get app and even feature updates for years to come, but eventually, things must come to an end. Soon, it seems, Google will be dropping support for its Calendar and Chrome apps on some older versions of Android.
Expand Expanding CloseFor the past several years, Google Tasks has been restricted to a side panel in Gmail, Drive, and other Workspace sites. Google Calendar on the web is now adding a fullscreen Tasks interface.
Expand Expanding CloseNew updates to Google Photos appear to be preparing a new reminders functionality that integrates with Google Calendar.
Expand Expanding CloseThe Nothing Phone 2 is a great smartphone with some neat but not very useful lights on the back. As Android 14 testing is underway, though, the Nothing Phone 2 is adding Google Calendar integration to its “Glyph” interface.
Expand Expanding CloseBack in November, we reported that Google was working on Gmail and Calendar apps for Wear OS. They’re now available, and I’m finding that triaging email from your wrist is weirdly handy.
Expand Expanding CloseFollowing Gmail last week, Google Calendar for Wear OS is now available to download on the Play Store.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Calendar is getting the ability to share events via links to match the ubiquity of video meeting links in recent years.
Expand Expanding CloseA small quality of life improvement to Google Calendar adds the current date to every screen of the Android app.
Expand Expanding CloseGmail and Google Calendar are enterprise apps first and foremost. They are developed by the Google Workspace team, which is part of Google Cloud, and target business customers to compete against Microsoft.
Expand Expanding CloseAfter rolling out Material You widgets on Android, Google Calendar is now hiding completed tasks by default.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Calendar is addressing a pain point for those who organize meetings with Microsoft Outlook users, as those users will now be shown in lists of attendees.
Expand Expanding CloseFollowing last month’s announcement, Google Calendar for Android is now rolling out a Material You redesign of its two homescreen widgets.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle is rolling out a new Calendar tool in the Gmail web client that makes it easier and faster to schedule meetings.
Expand Expanding CloseAfter completing the Tasks migration and introducing tablet optimizations, Google Calendar for Android is next adding Material You widgets.
Expand Expanding CloseAfter announcing in 2021 for Workspace Individual, Google is now bringing Calendar appointment scheduling to personal accounts while Gmail is adding interactive schedule sharing inside emails.
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