Google+ Companion

Using Google+ with Google Calendar

One of the biggest limitations of Google+ (at least for the time being) is that it lacks the functionality to create and manage events. This is a bit odd given that Google Calendar is a hugely powerful and popular web application for doing exactly that.

I imagine Google won’t waste too much time before rolling Calendar into Google+, but if you really can’t wait for Google+ to get Calendar functionality, it is fairly easy to create events in Calendar and share them with your Circles.

First you need to create a public calendar that other people are able to view. Follow these steps:

1. Hover your mouse over the Google menu in the Google+ bar, click More, and then choose Calendar.

2. Click the gear icon in the ...