What’s changing
Starting May 30, 2024, the Calendar API will distinguish events created from Gmail. New and existing events from Gmail that are scheduled for a future date will:
- Appear with a new event Type “fromGmail” instead of “default”.
- Include the email recipient as the organizer instead of “[email protected]”.
- New “fromGmail” filters for both Events.list and Events.watch will be available.
In Google Calendar clients events from email may be rendered slightly differently to regular events and show a link back to the original email:
Additional details
If you’re using the Calendar API, we recommend the following to help avoid any disruptions in your applications:
- Ensure that your code does not apply restricted updates to events with the type “fromGmail”.
- Temporarily, updates on events with the type “fromGmail” are restricted to the properties reminders, colorId, visibility, status, and extendedProperties. Stay tuned to the Workspace updates blog for more information.
- Review your code if it filters by eventType for Events.list or Events.watch. Filtering by eventType “default” will no longer return events extracted from emails.
Getting started
- Developers: Use our Developer Documentation for more information about the Calendar API eventType.
- End users: There is no end user action required. Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing events automatically imported from Gmail.
Rollout pace
- Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 30, 2024