With the relaunch, the tech giant aims to make Google
Calendar more useful, particularly when users are offline or have unreliable
Internet connections. But the support is limited to Google workspace customers
for now. A few months ago, Google Calendar also rolled out Tasks integration on
Android and iOS.
Google announced the relaunch of Calendar offline support
through a blog post. To use Google Calendar offline on desktop, you will have
to open the Google Calendar in a Google Chrome browser window. In the top
right, click on Settings> under General, click offline > select Turn on
offline calendar > click on Reload now.
Once this is done, your Google Calendar will be synced for
offline use. As soon as the sync is complete, your calendar's status will show
‘Ready for offline'. And when you are using the Google Calendar offline, a
notice appears that reads: “It looks like you're offline. Some actions might
not work”.
According to the Google Calendar support page, you won't be
able to create or edit events, e-mail guests, and access tasks or reminders
while using the Google Calendar offline. It is also worth noting that the
offline support for Google Calendar will be cleared if you clear your computer's
cached images and files. You will have to go to settings and turn on the Google
Calendar offline option again.
The feature will be ‘on' by default. But if your account has
an administrator, they will have to enable it on their Google Admin console
first for you to use it. Google says that the feature for end users has will
start rolling out from January 25.
HOW TO ACTIVATE GOOGLE CALENDAR OFFLINE?
- Open Google Calendar in the Chrome browser.
- Tap the Settings option located on the top right corner of the display.
- Under the General tab, click on the offline option.
- Set the toggle in the 'Turn on offline calendar' option to on.
- Now reload the page, to get offline access to Calendar offline.
- After reloading, Google will start syncing the calendar for offline use. As soon as it is done, the page will show a status update, "Ready for offline."
Now when you start using the Calendar offline, it will
show a prompt, which reads: "It looks like you're offline. Some actions
might not work."
In October, Google Calendar rolled out Tasks integration in
its Android and iOS apps. This feature allows tasks added to your Google Calendar
to automatically sync across desktop and mobile.
The offline Calendar feature will be available on all tiers
including Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard,
Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, and Enterprise Plus,
as well as G Suite Basic, Business, Education, Enterprise for Education, and
non-profits customers.
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