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2024

Feb

Introducing Zoho Calendar and Calendly sync!

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Using the Calendly sync, you can manage both your Calendly and Zoho calendars from one place. The Calendly sync allows you to synchronise your Calendly calendar with your Zoho calendar, from where you can view your events in the Zoho calendar.

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Jan

No more switching between applications!

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When you schedule an event in the CRM calendar from the Zoho Calendar,  you have the option to see the created event in Zoho CRM by selecting the 'View in CRM' option.

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Export your calendar data whenever needed.

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Whether you're offline or aiming to transfer data to another account, Zoho Calendar allows you to export all calendars from the My Calendars section. You can also export Group Calendars that you've created or where you serve as a moderator, along with Shared calendars.

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2023

Oct

Audio Meeting or Video Meeting - Pick your style

New FeatureCalendar

With the Zoho Meeting integration, you can now choose to create either audio or video conferencing while scheduling an event. When Zoho Meeting is selected as a Conference option, a meeting will be set up in Zoho Meeting and the conference link will be emailed to the attendees.

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Sep

Discover Meeting rooms in your location effortlessly and save time

New FeatureCalendar

When you select 'Add Room' during event creation, you will now have access to a list of all rooms available in your location, automatically fetched. Additionally, easily refine your search by filtering for minimum seating capacity and desired amenities while booking your room.

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Aug

Skip the back and forths- Know the availability of all your participants in one shot

New FeatureCalendar

With the Participants availability option, you can now check whether all your participants are available for the time you pick. You can also choose from the next 5 best possible timeslots in which all the participants are available.

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Zoho Calendar now speaks your language - More Indian languages supported.

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With the improved multilingual support, you can now use Zoho Calendar in your local Indian language. Sanskrit, Konkani, Manipuri, Maithili, Bodo, Santali, and Dogri are now supported by Zoho Calendar.
 

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Interoperability with Outlook Calendar

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If your business utilises both Zoho Calendar and Microsoft Outlook for different groups of people, then calendar interoperability can be highly beneficial. It allows the users of both services to view each other's availability. To enable this feature, simply configure calendar interoperability from the Zoho Mail Admin Console.
 

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Bring your calendars together- Introducing Zoho Calendar and Outlook calendar synchronisation

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Using Outlook Calendar sync, you can now manage both your Outlook calendar and Zoho calendar in one place, from where you can add/edit/delete events in Outlook calendar. You can manage both calendars together with ease and schedule events perfectly without having to jump between tabs.

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Keep your team informed by setting up Out of Office in your calendar

New FeatureCalendar

When you take days off from work, whether it's for a holiday, a business trip, or any other reason, it is always a good idea to update your calendar so that no one tries to schedule a meeting with you or add you to an event. You can now quickly set up an Out-of-Office Event to notify your contacts that you won't be available for a few days or even a few hours.

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Jun

Elevate your productivity with Zoom conferencing integrated to your Zoho Calendar

New FeatureCalendar

With this integration you can now schedule and join Zoom meetings directly from Zoho Calendar. No more hunting for meeting links - just click the Zoom link in your event invite, and launch your meeting right from Zoho Calendar without switching tabs.

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Automate your workflows with Zoho Calendar- Zapier Integration

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Eliminate the need for manual tasks and unleash the power of automation for your daily work. With the Zapier integration, you can connect to more than 5,000 applications and automate event-based actions to streamline your daily tasks.

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Simplify the rescheduling process with Event time proposal

New FeatureCalendar

With Event Time Proposal in Calendar, collaboration becomes effortless. The attendees can now propose alternative times if they're unavailable during the scheduled event. No more back-and-forths; effortlessly reschedule with just a few clicks.

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May

Rapid meetings- for those who juggle an endless stream of meetings without a break!

New FeatureCalendar

Rapid meetings help you shorten your meeting duration by altering the default event duration. It helps to add a short buffer between back-to-back meetings by giving you time to take a quick break or prepare for the next meeting.

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Apr

Skeptical about the state of your event email invites? Worry not!

New FeatureCalendar

The view events tab now lets you see where your event email invites are in terms of the delivery status. You will see the "undelivered message" status and the reason for it next to the participant if any of the invites have not yet been delivered.

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Feb

Check-in for your day right from your calendar.

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You can now check-in, check out, and manage your availability status directly from your Calendar, thanks to the revamped user profile section. Apart from this, you can access all the user guides, and download the latest version of the Zoho Calendar mobile application from one place.

Find out how!

2022

Oct

All your pending invites in one spot

New FeatureCalendar

The more events you have on your calendar, the more likely it is that you will forget to send a response to some of the events. There's no need to stress because you can now RSVP to all your events directly from the Yet to respond section in the top right corner of your Zoho Calendar.

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Sep

Stay on top of your schedules from anywhere-anytime!

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With Zoho Calendar mobile application, Save time and make the most of every day by managing all your calendars from one place.

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Booking criteria for Resource Booking

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Admin can now specify a minimum and maximum booking duration for all the resources in Resource Booking, as well as a reservation period to pre-book the resources.

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Aug

All new updates in one place

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You can now track all Zoho Calendar's new feature releases and enhancements in one place using the Product Updates widget on the right pane.
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Jul

Add notes to the admin while booking any resource

New FeatureCalendar

Are you unsure of how to arrange things for your meeting while booking a resource? Add all your meeting requirements like a projector, notepad, pens etc, in the Admin Notes section while booking a resource.

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No more missing out events

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Do you worry about missing your meetings often while working on other things? Don't be. Apart from email notifications, you can now enable desktop notifications in your Zoho Calendar settings to receive notifications even when you are working in other tabs.

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Switch your views in the embedded calendar

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When you embed Zoho Calendar in your website/ blogs, you can now choose to embed the calendar with multiple views simply by checking the 'allow switching views' option. This will let you switch your views between day/ week/ work/ month in your embedded calendar.

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Manage your Zoho Calendar settings in a new way

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Zoho Calendar's settings have been revamped to make the interface simple, intuitive, and so much easier to navigate.

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May

Allow forwarding of events in Zoho Calendar

Enhancement

Simply click a checkbox when creating an event to allow attendees to forward an event invite to which they are a part of. This will help you in hosting an open event where attendees can forward and invite their friends to an event in which they are participating.

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Apr

Calendar comes handy as a widget in your mailbox

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Zoho Calendar is now available in Zoho Mail as a RHS widget. You can use the widget to view the day's events and the month's agenda. You can also use the widget to quickly add, edit, and delete events from your calendar.

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Meeting recording to your rescue!

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Never be concerned about missing a meeting on your calendar due to unforeseen circumstances or internet outages. The meeting recording will now be available in your calendar, which you may access at anytime to view or download.

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2021

Apr

The Launch - Revamped new Calendar!

New App

Welcome to the whole new calendar! A myriad of new features have been added and a lot of existing features have been enhanced. Read through to find out what's new and what's changed! 

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Book, Meet and Greet!

New App

Book your resources right from the calendar as and when you create your meeting invites. Manage your conference halls, rooms and resources without any hassles.

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Extensive search!

Major

Use multiple conditions like organizer, date, title, etc. to find specific events that you created or invited to, from your multiple calendars.

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Classic or compact - Pick your style!

New Feature

Flexible layouts with custom grid spacing and multiple view options to suit your preference. You can also add a secondary timezone to view your events in both the time zones.

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Multi-task with tabs!

Features

Make use of tabbed view to open and manage multiple events simultaneously without missing the context.

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Collaborate and co-manage events!

Major

Allow your colleagues or team members to be a co-organizer for the events you create. Have intuitive conversations via comments for contextual communication.

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Instant notifications!

New Feature

Get timely reminders and notifications for the invites you receive and meetings you are a part of. All your invites, notifications, reminders in one consolidated view for you to act upon.

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2019

Sep

Supporting CalDAV Synchronizer for Outlook

New

Zoho Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar can now be synced in two-way mode using the CalDAV Synchronizer Plugin in Microsoft Outlook. Using CalDAV protocol, both the calendars will communicate with each other and synchronize the events.

Sync your Group Calendars now using CalDAV sync

Updates

Group Calendars that are available in your account can now be synced using CalDAV sync. While setting up the sync on Zoho Calendar, you can select the group calendars that you want to sync with your device. All the group calendars will be synced in read-only mode and the events cannot be edited. 

Autodiscovery for CalDAV Sync

New

Autodiscovery service is now available for setting up CalDAV sync in Zoho Calendar. You can configure Autodiscovery Settings in your DNS manager and sync calendars on macOS calendar, eM Client and CalDAV Synchronizer. This feature is available only for org users and not for personal users.

Mar

Sync Other Calendars using CalDAV

Updates

You can now sync the calendars that you have subscribed in your Zoho Calendar account with your native calendar app via CalDAV sync. All the subscribed calendars will be synced in read-only mode through CalDAV sync. The events in the subscribed calendars cannot be edited or deleted. 

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Feb

Org Sharing for Personal Calendars

Updates

Personal calendars that are created in Zoho Calendar can be shared with the members in the organization using the "Org Sharing" option. Once the calendar is shared, the members in the organization have to subscribe to it, to view the events in the calendar. 

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2018

Dec

Add Group Invitations to Personal Calendar

Updates

Group Invitations that you receive can now be added to your personal calendar as events in Zoho Calendar. 

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2017

Jun

Smart add enhancements

Enhancement

Smart add just got way smarter! We've made enhancements to event creation using smart add which support formats that create event for the timings 8am, 12pm, 8pm when the keywords "breakfast/lunch/dinner" are present in the sentence. It also accepts sentences that come with "from" and "to"/ "from" and "till" keywords. Eg: Tech Conference from Friday to Monday.

Mar

Zoho CalSync for Android

New

Start syncing your Zoho Calendar with your Android phones. Using Zoho CalSync app, you can choose the calendars you want to sync and receive notifications about the events on your Android device. Configure the sync interval in your app settings for the events to sync automatically. The Zoho CalSync app can be downloaded from Google Play store.

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2016

Dec

Sync with Zoho Tasks

New

Take control of your tasks and don't miss the deadlines. With Zoho Tasks sync, you can manage your tasks on Zoho Calendar regularly. All the tasks created or assigned to you are synchronized with the Calendar and helps you stay on track with the updates.

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2015

Oct

Mail Suite Calendar gets a new look!

Updates

Get your hands on the new Calendar UI that comes along with Zoho Mail Suite. Try out the new look.

Jul

Sync your Zoho Calendar using CalDAV

New

Manage Zoho Calendar on your MacBook/iPhone/iPad, Thunderbird Lightning and eM Client through CalDAV sync.

This two-way sync feature synchronizes Zoho Calendar with your local calendars and helps you make changes to the events even when you are offline. Sync multiple calendars with one device or one calendar with multiple devices using CalDAV.

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2014

Dec

Receive Invitee status notifications

Updates

Get pop-up notifications when your Invitees respond to your Event Invitations.

When you add an Invitee to an event, the event invitations are sent as a a pop-up that appear in the lower right corner of the Invitee's screen along with an email invitation. Once the Invitee updates the status, a pop-up notification appears on your screen. Using the "Chat now" option in the pop-up notifications, chat conversations can be done.

Nov

Set themes to your calendars

Updates

Make your calendar look just the way you want it to. You can set a theme to your Calendar by navigating to Settings page. Once you have chosen the desired theme, it will be applied to your Calendar.

Oct

Unified calendar view

Updates

If you are a part of various groups in your organization, you can subscribe to the group calendars and view them together on a single view in Zoho Calendar. Apart from group calendars, you can subscribe to holiday calendars, friends' calendars and public calendars. You can view the events scheduled across all calendars in this view and plan your agenda accordingly.

May

Embed multiple calendars

Updates

Merge several calendars together and embed them in a single view.

If you are looking to embed a calendar in your website and you want to include events scheduled across all calendars into a single view, this feature comes to the rescue. When you embed a calendar on your blog/website for appointment scheduling, people can view exactly when you are free to schedule an appointment with you.

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2013

Nov

Zoho CRM - Zoho Calendar sync

New

If you are switching tabs frequently to manage your CRM events and your Zoho Calendar, this two-sync feature is going to be your saviour. Once you have synced your CRM calendar with your Zoho Calendar, you can create/view/edit events and receive notifications for scheduled events. 

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Mar

Sync with Google Calendar

New

It's time to welcome Google Calendar to your Zoho Calendar with this two-way sync. 

Google Calendar sync will let you manage your entire Google Calendar right from Zoho Calendar. This means you can make changes to your Google Calendar schedule through the synchronized calendar on your Zoho Calendar and it will be updated on both the platforms.

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Zoho Contacts Birthday Calendar

New

Don't miss out on Birthdays again. Open your Zoho Contacts and update the birthdays for your contacts. Subscribe to the Zoho Contacts calendar on Zoho Calendar and all the birthdays will be added to your calendar right away.

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2012

May

Send/Receive invitations across calendars

Updates

Add attendees across other calendar services to your event invitee list and event invitations will be sent to their email address. Once the attendee responds to the invitation email, the status will be updated on Zoho Calendar.

Add/View event in different Time Zone

Updates

If you are creating an event for a user in another country, you can localize the event to the particular Time Zone. The event will appear in the user's calendar according to his Time Zone and will not affect your Calendar's default Time Zone.

Group Calendars

New

Start working together as a group and stay organized.

Group Calendars are now available for both organization groups and personal groups. Create a group on Zoho, add members to the group, subscribe to the group calendar on Zoho Calendar and keep yourself updated. 

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2011

Jan

Zoho Recruit and Zoho Calendar integration

New

Schedule interviews at ease by syncing your Zoho Recruit calendar with your Zoho Calendar. This two-way sync features allows you to sync the in-built calendar in Zoho Recruit with Zoho Calendar and helps in managing your recruitment process, meetings and other events. 

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2010

Jul

Subscribe to Zoho Calendar on iPhone/iPad

New

You can add Zoho Calendar to your iPhone/iPad calendar by subscribing to the particular calendar. To subscribe to a calendar, you need to obtain the private address of the calendar from the settings. Copy the URL and paste it while adding a subscribed calendar account on your device. This will allow you to view the Zoho Calendar events on your device itself. 

May

Schedule appointments using Event Requisition

New

Embedding calendars on your website just got an upgrade. You can add the "Appointment scheduling" feature while you are embedding a calendar on your website using Event Requisition. People can view the calendar on your site, check for free/busy and request for appointments with you.

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Description of events on embedded calendars

Updates

You can now view the event description for the events that are available on an embedded calendar. To view the description, click on the event and a pop-up appears with the event information.

Apr

Associating with Zoho Meeting, Tasks, Notes and CRM

New

While creating an event on Zoho Calendar, you can now associate with other Zoho apps namely Zoho CRM, Zoho Meeting, Zoho Tasks and Zoho Notes. By associating with these apps, you can manage the event from the respective applications.

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2009

Oct

Create events with ease using Smart add

New

One smart sentence is all it takes to create an event.

Using the Smart add feature, you can add an event to your calendar by just typing out a line of relevant details required to create an event. Eg: Client meeting at 3am.

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Aug

View Free/Busy of Invitees and Schedule meetings

Updates

Your meetings cannot clash with your Invitees' schedules anymore!

The Free/Busy feature lets you view the available time of the Invitees added to the event. Take a look at your Invitees' schedule before dropping them an invitation.

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Sync Microsoft Outlook with Zoho Calendar

New

Streamline your work schedule using the two-way sync feature between Microsoft Outlook and Zoho Calendar. By syncing Outlook with Zoho, you can stay updated about your schedules on both the calendars and never have to miss out on any events. To start the sync, you need to download the Microsoft Outlook Plug-in from Zoho Calendar. 

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