How the Gemini Google Calendar Extension works

Along with Preserve and Duties, Google introduced a Calendar Gemini Extension earlier this 12 months, and we now have extra particulars about what it might do.

A brand new assist doc says Google is “steadily releasing these options, so it may not be out there to you simply but.” The rollout is beginning in English and solely works “with occasions in your default calendar.” Not like Preserve and Duties, which first launched on the Pixel 9 sequence, we’re not but seeing this on cell or desktop units we checked at this time.

The Google Calendar Gemini Extension, which is a part of the broader one for Google Workspace, will allow you to create, edit, cancel, and discover occasions conversationally: 

• Create an occasion for [time] on [day, date] to [activity, task].
• Create an occasion for [event description] at [time] on [day, date], add an outline saying [event details].
• Add [event name] to my calendar on [day] at [time] and add an outline saying [reminder, details].

The flagship instance at I/O and Made by Google 2024 concerned taking an image of a “live performance flyer with dates and areas,” after which appending “Verify my calendar and see if I’m free for the live performance in [location] this 12 months.” There’s additionally:

• Present me the e-mail that [sender name] despatched about [event, activity].
  • After Gemini’s response: Add the occasion to my calendar.
• Create an itinerary for a 1-day journey in San Francisco with occasions.
  • After Gemini’s response: Add them to my calendar
• <Copy and paste occasion particulars from a doc or Gmail>
  • Add these to my calendar.

If you must change a element after you simply created an occasion, Gemini accepts: “The occasion is definitely on [new day]. Can you modify that?” You can not edit location, description, and different occasion particulars. Different conversational changes embody: 

• Reschedule [event name, event description] on [day] to [new day] [new time].
• On my calendar, can you modify the identify of [event name] to [new event name].
• When’s my final assembly at this time with [name]?
  • After Gemini’s response: Change it to [new time].

Lastly, you may cancel occasions utilizing Gemini:

• Cancel my subsequent assembly with [name].
• [Event name, event description] on [day] was canceled. Take away it from my calendar.

When it comes to search, there’s the power to search out occasions based mostly on particular particulars: 

• When was the final time I met with [name]?
• When is my subsequent assembly with [name]?
• When is my assembly about [meeting description]?
• The place is [event] tonight?

If you recognize the day or have a date vary:

• What’s on my calendar at this time?
• When’s my first assembly tomorrow?
• What number of conferences do I’ve at this time?
• What am I doing this weekend?