If you are looking for a productive tool to help you stay organized, the Google Calendar is a good fit for the task. It is easy to use with many advanced features that are being updated regularly by Google.

The Google Calendar can be used for everything ranging from managing your daily schedule, events, meetings, appointment, and more. It can be so amazing to have a tool that manages all your daily tasks in one place.

In this article, you’ll learn how to make the most of Google Calendar for better performance.

With the help of Google Calendar, you will be able to expand your efficiency, and save time, letting you get lots of things done with accurate timing.

Making the most out of Google Calendar can help users stay organized at all times. The features embedded in Google Calendar such as reminders, notification, event, Calendar sharing, and more useful options, makes it easier to create a comfortable atmosphere with family or team members who makes use of the same calendar.

Firstly, make sure to update Google Calendar app to the latest version and open Google Calendar on your device browser in Desktop mode if you are using a smartphone. While some functions and settings can still be enabled through the Calendar app.

Synchronize Google Calendar

To make the most of the Google Calendar, you will have to first synchronize it with your calendars be it a personal or work calendar so as to have all your event positioned in one place. If you want to synchronize Google Calendar, do the following.

1. Open Google Calendar via browser using a PC or a smartphone (Desktop site)

2. Navigate to the Settings menu.

3. Move to Import & Export.

4. Export your calendar and then move to your main calendar.

5. Get into the Settings section again and hover to Import & Export.

6. After that, Import your calendar.

Use Google Calendar To Choose Your Preferred Working Hours

If you have or use a public calendar due to the business you operate, you can use Google Calendar to choose your preferred working hours. Sometimes, you might likely get an unplanned meeting if your calendar is public to your audience or business associates. Google Calendar can be used to choose your preferred working hours and to do this, follow the guidelines below.

1. Using your PC, open the Google Calendar.

2. Navigate to Settings to open the follow-up menu.

3. Look down and click on Working Hours.

4. Now choose the days you work in a week.

5. Finally, select your preferred working hours on each work day.

Create Custom a Notification

If you have an event or a task in mind to do, the Google Calendar can allow you to create and add a  custom notification to serve as a reminder for the event or task before time. To create a custom notification.

Open Google Calendar > tap the More icon at the top left corner > scroll down to Settings > select Event or Task > tap on Add notification option > set the notifications settings to suite your schedule > tap on Save.

Make Google Meet Link For Remote or Online Meetings

When you have online meetings or want to schedule one, the Google Calendar is a great tool to achieve this purpose. But you need to add your Google Meet or Hangouts link so as to enable the invited person to easily find your event link on their Google Calendar as well. This action helps you to utilize your time more efficiently. To make a Google Meet link using Google Calendar, do the steps below.

1. Navigate to the Google Calendar app on your device menu.

2. Tap the + symbol and still tap on Event to display other options.

3. Move down to Add video conferencing and it automatically brings out Google Meet or Hangout depending on which platform you’ve already installed to use.

4. Input other remaining details of the event and tap the blue Save button positioned at the top right.

Use Color Indicator to Identify a Task/Event

On default, the Google Calendar assign a particular color to random events and task. But if you want to easily identify an event or task, you can assign different colors to serve as indicators to a particular saved event or task.

Open Calendar app > tap the More menu icon at the top left corner > scroll down to Settings > tap on the color indicator beside Event or Task > select Color > assign a your preferred color to different events or task.

Indicate Your Availability By Sharing Your Calendar

With your Google Calendar, you can indicate your availability by sharing your calendar with others. Remember, you will have to use the desktop version of Google Calendar to be able to share your calendar with others. To do this, do the following steps.

1. On your PC or smartphone, launch Google Calendar on the web.

2. Move to any of your calendars positioned at the left side menu of your display that you want to share.

3. Click the three-dot icon.

4. Move down to Settings and Sharing.

5. In the Access Permissions section, you can share your calendar from there (via a shareable link) or you can make it public.

6. Then, copy the link and send it to the email address of the receiver.

Regulate Task With Google Calendar

It will also interest you to know that you can regulate your daily task with Google Calendar. For those who always want to keep a strict eye on their daily activities, Google Calendar got you covered. By creating a to-do list or adding tasks to your calendar, you will be able to utilize your time more efficiently. To achieve this, do the following if you are using Google Calendar on a smartphone.

1. Open Google Calendar.

2. Click on the + button at the bottom right.

3. Select Task from the rest options.

4. Add the title, and add details if need be.

5. Choose your preferred days of the week you want this task reminder to work and tap the blue Save button at the top right.

Observe Events, National And Religious Holidays

Irrespective of your religion or job, the Google Calendar can be of good assistance in terms of observing events, and national and religious holidays. However, you can easily indicate the holidays you want to observe on your calendar. To setup multiple notifications for these important events, do the steps.

1. On your phone browser, open Google Calendar on Desktop site.

2. Tap on the event you wish to observe on the calendar.

3. On the next screen, tap the three-dot icon at the top right.

4. Tap the Copy option (your calendar name), complete the remaining details on the next screen, and tap the Save button at the top right.

Somehow the Google Calendar has become very important for users to do a lot of things timely.