Google Calendar undergoes a major transformation as it moves away from the traditional “appointment slots” feature in favor of the new “appointment schedules.” The company has announced this change aiming to provide users with advanced and streamlined scheduling services.
New Appointment Schedule Features for Google Calendar
Appointment scheduling, brought to replace appointment slots, makes it possible for users to create booking pages that they can share through a link. Integrated into Google Calendar, these pages help create a conflict-free scheduling system. Moreover, users can have their timetables customized by allowing buffers between appointments and setting limits on appointments per day.
Google claims that Appointment Schedules offer a smoother way of booking coupled with more robust functionalities than those enabled by appointment slots. Consequently, as of July 18, 2024, appointment slots will come to an end, completely giving rise to Appointment Schedules. After this date, there will be no more appointment slot booking pages thus pushing users towards adopting this new system.
However, existing appointment slots will still be functional until the transition date but they will not automatically migrate to appointment schedules. People should recreate their setups using appointment schedules to ensure consistency in their scheduling process.
Detailed instructions and guidance about features and setup processes for Appointment Schedules can be found on the Google support page where Users can see a step-by-step guide in the tab on the right side.
Who can use the appointment scheduling feature?
Moreover, Google has announced that there is now support for appointment scheduling among Google Workspace Business Starter customers. The availability expansion covers various plans within Google Workspace such as Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Education Plus, Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Nonprofits, and Google Workspace Individual customers.
Also, people with a Google One Premium subscription can take advantage of this feature. These changes aim at offering users an efficient and comprehensive scheduling solution tailored to various educational institutions or corporate organizations’ needs.
2024-03-21 15:05:59