Google Is Finally Introducing Native Appointment Booking

Written by: Online Business Owner • April 04, 2022

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Ever wondered why you can’t easily schedule appointments with others in Google Calendar without using 3rd party tools? Well, wonder no more!

This week, Google is finally introducing appointment booking for Google Calendar. This update will let you share your availability with clients on a dedicated booking page and let them self-book appointments.

To use the new booking page and appointment feature you’ll need to have a Google Workspace account at, at least the Business Standard level (starting at $12/user/month).

The feature won’t be available to Workspace Essentials, Business Starter or Frontline users, or legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers.

If you purchased your Google Workspace through a reseller like Squarespace you may not have access to the feature, either. It may be worth contacting your reseller to learn how to transfer your Workspace subscription to Google.

Starting on April 6, if you have the correct account type and the update is pushed to your account, you should be able to create an “Appointment schedule” in your Google Calendar.

Before you go canceling your Calendly subscription, it’s important to note that the new Google Workspace feature will be more bare-bones than 3rd party scheduling tools like Calendly and Squarespace-owned Acuity.

You won’t be able to integrate with other calendars and it looks like integrating with outside meeting tools like Zoom isn’t supported. Google will, more than likely, push users to use their native Google Meet tool for virtual meetings.

It’s also not yet known how much control users will have over creating more detailed and nuanced appointment scheduling limits, as can be done with tools like Calendly and Acuity.

But, either way, this is a welcome addition to those using Google Workspace for much of their business functions and could help eliminate the need for yet another paid subscription for business owners!

Read more about the update and how to use the new Appointment scheduling tool from CNET.

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