Google Calendar is a core part of the Android productivity package — but if all you’re using is what you see on the app’s surface, you’re missing out on some pretty powerful possibilities.
Yes, oh yes: Just like so many of our modern digital tools, there’s more to Google Calendar than meets the eye. And while the majority of the service’s advanced options may revolve around the Calendar website, the Calendar Android app has its share of handy out-of-sight options that are specific to the mobile experience. From time-saving shortcuts to efficiency-boosting options, they’re all things that have the potential to make your life easier in small but significant ways.
Find time in your agenda to check out these 14 hidden Google Calendar goodies on Android. Trust me: You’ll be glad you did.
Google Calendar Android trick #1: Quick peeking
Tell me if you can relate to this: You head into the Calendar app on your phone to create a new event. You open the screen to add the event in — and then you find yourself facing a foggy mental blank.
What else did you have going on that day? Did you need to schedule the event for 2:00 p.m., or would 3:00 be better? When was that podiatrist appointment, again?
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I’ve certainly been there (well, not to the podiatrist, specifically, but in the general event brain fog situation). And the Android Calendar app doesn’t do much to offer any broader calendar context while you’re in the midst of adding in a new event.
Or so it’d seem. After years of using Google Calendar on Android, I recently noticed a curiously camouflaged option that’ll change the way you create events on your phone.
See that barely noticeable light-gray line at the top of the Calendar app’s event creation screen? The one that looks vaguely like an arrow pointing downward?
You’d never know it, but that subtle gray line hides a spectacular agenda-juggling superpower.
Yup, that’s the one. The next time you’re adding a new event on your phone and you find yourself wondering what else is on your agenda around that same time, tap that line — or, alternatively, use it as a hint to swipe downward anywhere within the main event creation area of the screen.
And…
Surprise, surprise: Your entire agenda is never more than a swipe away.
Wouldya look at that?! You can actually minimize that event creation interface down to a tiny panel and browse around on your calendar above it.
And that’s not all…
Google Calendar Android trick #2: Simple sliding
After you’ve entered that concealed quick-peek view, remember this: If you decide you need to shift your new event around to another time, you can simply touch and hold the outline on your screen and slide your finger up and down to move it.
Nifty, no? And there’s one more piece to this puzzle yet…
Google Calendar Android trick #3: Gesture adjusting
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2023-11-16 10:41:02
Source from www.computerworld.com