To prevent double bookings, Calendar can check your availability across multiple calendars (including your primary calendar and any calendars that you own, manage, or are subscribed to). You can select which calendars should be reviewed for conflicts. Learn how to avoid appointment schedule conflicts.
You can check and edit your uncompleted tasks in Google Calendar. A list of all “Pending tasks” from the last 30 days can be found in the current day. Learn more about pending tasks.
Google Workspace Individual subscribers can change a specific date's availability, add buffer time between appointments, set a maximum number of appointments per day, and more in Google Calendar. Learn how to customize your appointment availability.
When you manage invitation settings in Calendar, you can choose to add invitations to your calendar automatically or after you RSVP to an invitation through email.
From a Google Calendar event, you can start and share meeting notes. In Google Docs, you can also start and attach meeting notes to a Google Calendar event directly from the doc.
In Google Calendar, you can let others know where you typically work each week, or let them know your working location for a specific day. Learn how to set your working location.
With Google Workspace Individual, you can create and manage an appointment booking page and your appointment schedules in Google Calendar. Learn how to set up and create appointments.
To change the default visibility of calendar events created by Gmail, or to delete an event created by Gmail in calendar, you can change your calendar settings. Learn how to manage your events from Gmail.
Admins can turn on “Roomfixer” to find and book replacement meeting rooms for events created by Google Workspace accounts. If a room is declined, Roomfixer automatically finds an available meeting room if one is available. You can use the Admin Console to set up buildings, features, and Calendar resources.
If you use an iPhone or iPad, you can add the Google Calendar widget. You can check calendar entries on your home screen. If you add the Google Calendar widget to Today View, you can get current info from your calendar at a glance.
See your coworker’s calendar and schedule events more quickly
When you add a calendar in the “Search for people” box, you can temporarily view coworkers’ calendars. Creating a new event automatically adds those people as guests to your meeting. Also, you can now edit event details, like the guests or room location, directly in the meeting creation pop-up dialog. Learn more about creating an event.
If guests of a Calendar event have permission to invite others, they can invite you by forwarding the invitation email. You can RSVP to the event, which will add you to the guest list. Learn how to RSVP to forwarded event invitations.
When an event is added or updated, guests who don’t use Google Calendar will always receive an email notification. Google Calendar users can control what types of notifications they receive. Learn more about event notifications and updates.
You can now use non-Google conferencing apps with Calendar, including GoToMeeting and WebEx. You can quickly add conference details to your events without leaving the app. Learn how to get conferencing add-ons for Calendar.
When you get a Calendar invitation, you can suggest to meet at a different time. You will see the other attendees’ calendars to find a time that works for everyone. Learn how to propose a new meeting time.
You can now set your working hours for each day and indicate when you will be out of the office in Calendar. These updates help protect your personal time from your work time. Learn how to set your working hours and availability.