If you’ve ever missed a meeting because it was on the other calendar, you’re not alone. Living in both the Apple and Google ecosystems can feel like scheduling limbo — appointments scattered, alerts missed, and double bookings lurking. The good news? You can sync your Google calendars right into your iPhone’s native Calendar app and finally bring your digital lives together in one neat, color-coded feed. Here’s how to stop the madness.
Step 1: iPhone Settings
Open Settings on iPhone
Step 2: Add Google Account
On the bottom, look for Add Account, choose Google.
Step 3: Enter Your Gmail Account Credentials
Type in your Gmail address and password. It may ask to approve linking your Google calendar to the iPhone through your Gmail app.
Step 4: Press ‘Next’
For now, select only Google Calendar.
Step 5: Press ‘Save’
First sync could take several minutes.
Step 6: Open the Apple Calendar App
Open the Apple Calendar app on your iPhone.
Step 7: Touch Calendars
Look on the lower portion of the screen and touch Calendars to see all the Calendars on your phone.
Step 8: Select Calendars
Select the calendars you’d like displayed in Calendar apps.
Certain Google calendaring features are only available on the google app or google.com, room scheduling, event notification, creating new calendars.
Multiple Google accounts can sync between to your main Apple calendar. The calendars sync both ways, by adding in Apple calendars, it will show up in Google calendars.