Google Calendar app tracks events, flights, dinner reservations in real time

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Samantha Murphy
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Google Calendar app tracks events, flights, dinner reservations in real time
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On the heels of Google's new Inbox app, the company rolled out on Monday a brand new Google Calendar app that cuts down on how much you have to manually enter event details.

The app -- which is available today for devices running Android 5.0 Lollipop and will be downloadable for Android 4.1+ devices in the coming weeks -- keeps tabs on the things you book. This means whenever you reserve flight, order concert tickets or a make a dinner or hotel reservations, the Calendar app will automatically update with that information, so you can better stay on top of your schedule.

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The Calendar app will also push out notifications related to your events too, such as an alert when a flight is delayed. It keeps track of the things you'd typically have to manually add to a calendar too, like location (address) and contact phone numbers.

There is also a smart word suggestion feature to help you avoid manually typing in event names. Check out the GIF below to see how the feature works:

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Google teased in a blog post that the company is working on a Calendar app for iOS too. Of course, not surprisingly, it's giving Android users first dibs.

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