Google Calendar is all new with Material Design, Coming soon to iOS

Google’s Material Design is making its way across all Google apps for most devices running Android Jelly Bean. Recently, Google Play Movies was updated to give the look and feel of the material design and today we are seeing a whole new Calendar app.

Google has totally reworked the Calendar app for its new version of Android, making the app smarter, more colourful, and all-around more helpful. The new version of Calendar takes on the playful Material Design style that's working its way across all Google apps. That's going to make browsing your calendar a lot more pleasant, but the biggest features in this revamped app are all about making adding and viewing events much easier. For one, Calendar will automatically pull events, such as booked reservations, flights, or concerts, out of your inbox and add them to your calendar. Calendar will also help you enter events by automatically filling in information as you type, such as your contacts and nearby locations. 

Calendar’s new Schedule view includes photos and maps of the places you’re going, cityscapes of travel destinations, and illustrations of everyday events like dinner, drinks and yoga. These images will bring a little extra beauty to your day, and make it easy to see what’s going on at a glance—perfect for when you’re checking in from your phone or tablet. 

The new Google Calendar will work on all Android 4.1+ devices. It’s available today on all devices running Android 5.0 Lollipop, and you’ll be able to download the update from Google Play in the coming weeks. And an iPhone version of the app is also in the works and this is the first time Google has actually released a proper Calendar app for iOS. For now, Google hasn't given an estimate on when it'll be released. 

Source: Google, Calendar