Summary
- Google Calendar for Android is poised to introduce the ability to make calendars publicly shareable, a feature currently exclusive to the web version.
- The upcoming mobile functionality will allow users to toggle a calendar’s visibility to “public” directly within the app’s settings.
- Once a calendar is made public on mobile, owners will have options to control what information is visible, such as showing only free/busy times or all event details.
Sharing your Google Calendar with others can make coordination easier. Not only does it allow others to be able to see your schedule, it also allows them to make changes and create new events, which is great for families that want to keep everyone on the same page.
You’re also able to share your calendar with a large group of people by making it completely public — particularly useful for huge groups, public organizations, online communities, and akin.
You’re currently able to share your calendar with individuals or groups from Google Calendar on the web and via the mobile apps, but to make a calendar completely public, you’d need to access Google Calendar on the web.
That limitation, however, could be short-lived.
As highlighted by the folks over at Android Authority after digging into Google Calendar (version 2025.20.0–760372935-release), it looks like Google will soon allow users to set calendars public directly from their Android devices.
The option to do so appears within each calendar’s settings menu as a new ‘Available to public’ toggle, right between the ‘Shared with’ and ‘Default notifications’ settings.
Look out for the feature in a future build
Once made public, the calendar’s owner will be able to control what others get to see, including options to show ‘only free/busy (hide details),’ or ‘Show all event details.’
This isn’t necessarily a game-breaking feature, but it is definitely a welcome one, especially for those who frequently manage public-facing calendars. The public-sharing toggle is expected to roll out with a future Google Calendar build — it isn’t available to use widely just yet.
In other Google Calendar-related news, the application is already starting to show signs of a Material 3 Expressive redesign, expected to bring subtle UI changes, a redesigned floating action button (FAB), rounded corners for month and event chips, and implementation of the Google Sans Flex font.
