Google Calendar is an online service for planning meetings and events, organizing working time. Google Calendar helps teams to organize work processes and plan future events. You can use the calendar in a browser and from iOS and Android mobile devices. Google Calendar has synchronization with other services of the corporation.
General events and holidays, and events from linked accounts are initially added to the Calendar. To add a new event to the calendar, just click on the date and fill in the fields in the window that opens. Events can be of three types – event, task or reminder. “Event” has fields: name, date and time, guests and location, you can attach files to them. A task can have a description and a deadline. A reminder has only a title and due date, and you can also set a repeat. Added events will automatically synchronize across devices.
Companies and individual teams for collaboration can create group calendars, where common events and tasks will be displayed. By integrating Google Calendar and other company services, you can optimize workflows. For example, you can create events from Gmail emails or from Calendar you can go to a designated conference in Google Meet. Also, Google Calendar has integration with a large number of third-party services that can increase its functionality.
Google Calendar features
- Create and track events;
- Multiple views (year, month, week, day);
- Import calendar files from Microsoft Outlook;
- Publish calendars to a website;
- Shared calendars;
- Integration with cloud services;
- Attach files and links to events.
Interesting facts
- Google Calendar was launched on April 13, 2006, providing users with a new way to organize their time;
- The service allows you to automatically import events from Gmail. For example, if a user receives an email with a hotel reservation, the event can automatically appear in their calendar;
- Google Calendar can automatically suggest a time and date for a meeting based on the user’s schedule and the schedules of invited participants.