Google Calendar
Following Add to Calendar earlier this year, the latest Gemini capability coming to Gmail is “Help me schedule” with Google Calendar.
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With the in-app redesign widely available, Google Calendar for Android is now rolling out M3 Expressive homescreen widget updates.
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Google Calendar is just beginning to roll out M3 Expressive on Android phones and tablets. On Wear OS, Google Calendar’s M3 Expressive Tiles are now widely available.
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Following Keep (which we’re now seeing go live on more devices), Google Calendar for Android is beginning to see its Material 3 Expressive redesign go live.
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Nothing has just announced new updates to Essential Space, its AI-powered hub, which includes support for Google Calendar as well as updates to the new “Flip to Record” feature on Phone (3).
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Introduced in 2021, “Google Drive for desktop” is getting a visual redesign that centralizes controls and management in one window.
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Only a few Google services offer Apple Watch clients, with Google Calendar unexpectedly becoming the fourth app today.
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While Material 3 Expressive is not coming to Wear OS 6 until later this year, Google is already beginning to update apps and Tiles with the new design language.
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A new update is rolling out to Google Calendar on Android which makes it easier to create events across separate Google accounts.
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Google Calendar is the latest Workspace app to get the Gemini side panel on the web. This is currently being tested in Workspace Labs.
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Earlier this week Apple released its latest app, Apple Invites, as a clever combination of iCloud services for digital event invitations. Apple Invites is a great idea, but one that I can’t help but feel like, with products like Calendar, Gmail, and Photos at the ready, Google could have done better.
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Shared calendars on Google Calendar are incredibly useful, but one small oversight was made with sharing. Now, Google Calendar is rolling out an update that makes it easier to see who else has access to a shared event.
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Back in October, Gmail redesigned its summary cards to be more glanceable and actionable, with the updated Google Calendar card now available.
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Last year, I wished that Google iterated more on the personal side of Gmail, Calendar, and other Workspace apps. In 2024, Google made a number of updates to the suite of productivity apps that I benefit from and appreciate on a daily basis.
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Following last week’s announcement, the new Google Tasks functionality in Google Calendar for Android is widely rolling out.
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Google Calendar on Android is getting a more full-featured Google Tasks experience to make it “easier for users to stay on top of and organize their tasks.”
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The Gemini side panel on the Gmail website now works with Google Calendar after initially integrating Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
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Following Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides, Google Calendar on the web is getting a Material You redesign that finally adds a dark theme.
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As announced on Friday, Google Calendar for Android and iOS now have “refreshed illustrations.”
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The fun little backgrounds seen in Google Calendar events are apparently getting an expansion, as Google is preparing some new “flairs.”
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The Gemini Extension for Google Calendar is starting to roll out for some accounts on Android and the web client.
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At the moment, birthdays that appear in Google Calendar are based on Google Contacts information, but manual creation is now coming.
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Desktop Chrome is getting a handful of enterprise updates, with Workspace users soon able to see their Google Calendar on the New Tab Page (NTP).
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In addition to Keep and Tasks, Google announced a Calendar Gemini Extension earlier this year, and we now have more details about what it can do.
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