Google Calendar Review

Google Calendar is one of my favorite free online calendars because it's incredibly easy to use and is full of amazing features. I keep coming back to it because it lets me track events for myself and even share them with family, friends, and anyone else with a Google account. It's also useful for scheduling appointments, setting reminders, and tracking RSVPs.

Using Google Calendar

You don't need a manual to get started. Select a day and start typing to add events. View the calendar by day, week, or month, depending on your preference. All views are easy to use. There's also a way to view only four days at once or see your schedule, which is a list of upcoming events.

I use Google Calendar on my phone just as often as I do on a computer. The app is available from a phone or a tablet. Of course, since the calendar lives online, you can start on your computer, update it from your phone, and view it at work.

Sharing With Google Calendar

One of the main advantages of Google Calendar is its sharing abilities. Family, friends, and others can share Google calendars with each other to keep track of meetings, appointments, birthdays, etc.

Create multiple calendars and share none, some, or all of them. This is helpful if you want a personal calendar in addition to a work or family calendar shared with others. Anyone with access can be given permission to view and update it.

Sharing can be done from a browser or the app. Share with specific people or broadly with anyone. When you make a calendar public, you can share it as a file, use a web page that lets others see it through a browser, and embed the calendar on another site.

If you have a Google account and use services like YouTube or Gmail, then you already have the login information necessary to use Google Calendar. This means there's a good chance people you know are just a few clicks or taps away from accepting your Google Calendar invites.

More Information on Google Calendar

As easy as it is to use, there are lots of options and useful features:

• It's web-based, so you can access Google Calendar from anywhere in a browser or app. Use it offline for times when there's no internet connection.
• Calendars can have unique colors to help differentiate them from items in other calendars you're displaying.
• Add attachments to an event for all participants to access, and define a start/end time, location, and description.
• Include a clickable location and a description that everyone invited to the event can see.
• Let guests invite other guests to the same event.
• Toggling a calendar off is as simple as one click. The calendar isn't deleted, just hidden.
• Send invitations and collect RSVPs from the calendar or email.
• Multiple reminders can be set for events.
• Easily import events from iCal or CSV format, and export your calendars to download every event.
• Add calendars through their URL and browse common calendars to instantly see things like holidays.
• Build repeating events (like for birthdays or meetings) with highly customized options like a specified end date and days of the week to repeat it on.
• Sync with Outlook, Apple iCal, and similar programs.
• The week's starting day can be changed in the settings.
• Print events for offline use.
• Auto-add events from Gmail to stay on top of things like reservations.
• Use keyboard shortcuts to move around quickly, like to jump to any date in your calendar.
• Customizable so that you can show and hide things like weekends, declined events, and week numbers.
• Integrates with Google Meet.
• Install Google Calendar add-ons to extend functionality.
• Deleted events are stored in the trash for easy retrieval.

Google Calendar may not be the flashiest option available, but it's free (most of it), simple to use, reliable, and worth a try.