Add calendar events or get your schedule for the day with your Google Assistant or Gemini for Home voice assistant on your smart speaker or display. You can do these on different calendars:
- Main Google Calendar of the owners of the Google Accounts and voices linked to a speaker or display.
- Additional Google Calendars created or shared with owners of the Google Accounts and voices linked to a speaker or display.
The following calendars are not supported:
- Weather, holiday, and other Google calendars.
- Google Workspace Calendars: Calendars created from a Google Workspace domain.
- Imported calendars: Calendars imported from URLs and iCal calendars.
- Calendars that don’t have read or write access to events: For example, a calendar with only free or busy information.
If you’re using Gemini for Home voice assistant
One person using a speaker or display
To add or get your calendar information, Personal results must be turned on.
- Open the Google Home app
.
- At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
- Tap Home settings
Gemini for Home voice assistant.
- Under “Personalization,” tap Personal Results
- Manage settings for your individual devices or update settings for the Devices you add later.
- Turn Personal results on or off. When Personal results are turned on, you can choose whether to:
- Show proactively to allow anyone with access to your devices see and interact with your personal results and personalized recommendations.
- Never show proactively to only show your personal results when you ask for them.
Multiple people using a speaker or display
If multiple people are using the same speaker or display, everyone who wants to get personal calendar information on their speaker or display must set up Voice Match. If you've already linked your Google Account and voice, skip these steps.
- Open the Google Home app
- At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
- Tap Home settings
- The app shows all devices that support Voice Match. Tap a device to enable or disable Voice Match.
- If you don’t have any devices with Voice Match enabled, tap More and follow the in-app steps.
- To turn on Voice Match automatically for new devices in the same home, turn on Devices you add later.
You can get events from shared supported Google Calendars after you add them to your speaker or display.
- Open the Google Home app
- At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
-
Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your Google device.
- To switch accounts, tap the drop down
and then select another account or Add another account.
- To switch accounts, tap the drop down
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Tap Home settings
- Under “Your calendars,” the main Google Calendar associated with the Google Account and voice linked to your speaker or display is checked by default.
- Check the box next to other shared calendars you want to get events for.
- Optional, English only: Under “Default calendar to create events,” choose the Google Calendar you want to add events to when you use voice commands. Only shared calendars where you have "write" access will appear.
Important: You can't delete, cancel, or modify an event, add invitees, or set a location using your voice. This is done in the Google Calendar app or on desktop. To add an all-day event, say, “All-day” for start time.
Available voice commands depend on the voice assistant you’re using:
- Most simple voice commands are available for both Google Assistant and Gemini for Home voice assistant.
- Many complex, natural-sounding voice commands are available only for Gemini for Home voice assistant.
| Use Gemini for Home voice assistant to: | Say “Hey Google," then: |
|---|---|
|
Add a calendar event Your voice assistant will ask you to specify the title, date and start time of your event. The default duration is one hour. |
"Add [event] to my calendar" "Schedule [event] for me on Saturday at 8 PM" |
| Add a recurring calendar event |
“Hey Google, add yoga class to my calendar every monday at 6pm.” “Hey Google, add the next game for the [insert your team’s name] to my calendar.” "Put the next full moon down on my calendar." "Add National Teacher Appreciation Day to my Calendar so I don't forget." “Hey Google, add dinner with Julian to my calendar at 6pm on Saturday.” |
| Use Gemini for Home voice assistant to: | Say “Hey Google," then: |
|---|---|
|
Get information on a single upcoming event or meeting |
"When is my first event?" "Where is my first meeting?" "What is my next event?" |
|
Get information about multiple events, meetings, agenda, or calendar. You'll get information for your first 5 scheduled events. |
"List all events for [date]." "What's my agenda for today?" "What's on my calendar for [day]?" |
| Create and edit reminders, calendar events, notes, and lists. |
“List all events for next week.” “Hey Google, what’s on my calendar tomorrow?” |
Google Nest displays only support daily and weekly views of your calendar. Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max will also display all-day events when prompted.
If you’re using Google Assistant
One person using a speaker or display
To add or get your calendar information, Personal results must be turned on.
- Open the Google Home app
- At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
- Tap Home settings
- Under “Personalization,” tap Personal Results
- Manage settings for your individual devices or update settings for the Devices you add later.
- Turn Personal results on or off. When Personal results are turned on, you can choose whether to:
- Show proactively to allow anyone with access to your devices see and interact with your personal results and personalized recommendations.
- Never show proactively to only show your personal results when you ask for them.
Multiple people using a speaker or display
If multiple people are using the same speaker or display, everyone who wants to get personal calendar information on their speaker or display must set up Voice Match. If you've already linked your Google Account and voice, skip these steps.
- Open the Google Home app
- At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
- Tap Home settings
- The app shows all devices that support Voice Match. Tap a device to enable or disable Voice Match.
- If you don’t have any devices with Voice Match enabled, tap Get started and follow the in-app steps.
- To turn on Voice Match automatically for new devices in the same home, turn on Devices you add later.
You can get events from shared supported Google Calendars after you add them to your speaker or display.
- Open the Google Home app
- At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
-
Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your Google device.
- To switch accounts, tap the drop down
- To switch accounts, tap the drop down
-
Tap Home settings
- Under “Your calendars,” the main Google Calendar associated with the Google Account and voice linked to your speaker or display is checked by default.
- Check the box next to other shared calendars you want to get events for.
- Optional, English only: Under “Default calendar to create events,” choose the Google Calendar you want to add events to when you use voice commands. Only shared calendars where you have "write" access will appear.
Important: You can't delete, cancel, or modify an event, add invitees, or set a location using your voice. This is done in the Google Calendar app or on desktop. To add an all-day event, say, “All-day” for start time.
Available voice commands depend on the voice assistant you’re using:
- Most simple voice commands are available for both Google Assistant and Gemini for Home voice assistant.
- Many complex, natural-sounding voice commands are available only for Gemini for Home voice assistant.
| Use Google Assistant to: | Say “Hey Google," then: |
|---|---|
|
Add a calendar event Your voice assistant will ask you to specify the title, date and start time of your event. The default duration is one hour. |
"Add [event] to my calendar" "Schedule [event] for me on Saturday at 8 PM" |
| Use Gemini for Home voice assistant to: | Say “Hey Google," then: |
|---|---|
|
Get information on a single upcoming event or meeting |
"When is my first event?" "Where is my first meeting?" "What is my next event?" |
|
Get information about multiple events, meetings, agenda, or calendar. You'll get information for your first 5 scheduled events. |
"List all events for [date]." "What's my agenda for today?" "What's on my calendar for [day]?" |
Google Nest displays only support daily and weekly views of your calendar. Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max will also display all-day events when prompted.
Troubleshooting
Make sure Personal results is turned on. This is required to get calendar information. Refer to Allow personal results on your speakers and displays.