Google Calendar gets a fresh new look

Oct17

by Sindy Cator on October 17, 2017 at 3:59 pm

One of Google’s most-used (but least updated) apps just got a new coat of paint. Launched over a decade ago, Google Calendar, aka GCal, has coasted through existence with a series of mostly iterative updates. 2015 brought “reminders,” 2016 saw the launch of “goals” and AI-driven “smart suggestions,” but throughout it all, the looks have remained mostly unchanged. Today’s update utilizes Google’s Material Design principles to align one of the world’s most functional calendars’ UI with its already exceptional functionality. Here’s what you’ll see: G Suite admins can now share information about a team’s meeting rooms so that employees who…