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Meet with puts other people’s busy time next to your own events. It is the fastest way to find a slot that works for everyone without flipping between tabs or sending a poll.

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Add people

1

Open Meet with

In the calendar, press f or click the Meet with… field in the calendar sidebar.
2

Pick people

Start typing a name or email and choose from the matches. Each person you add gets their own color.
3

Find a gap

Their busy time appears as blocks alongside your events. Click an open gap to create an event.
The calendar with two people added under Meeting participants
To remove someone, hover their name under Meeting participants in the sidebar and click the x.

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Beside an email

The calendar panel next to an email works the same way. Add a guest to the event card and their busy time is drawn on the day view beside a new event, so you can pick a time before you send the invite.

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What you can see

Meet with shows what each person has chosen to share. For teammates in your organization, that is usually their busy time. For external people, it is whatever their calendar sharing allows. If a person’s calendar is not shared with you, their entry reads Calendar not shared rather than showing an empty column that looks free. Ask them to share their calendar with you in Google Calendar, or use availability to offer times instead. Busy time covers the whole range you can page through in the calendar, so you can plan weeks ahead.

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A teammate’s answer and guests

On a teammate’s Google calendar you can read, each meeting shows how they answered the invite, in the full calendar and in the day view beside an email: This tells you which busy times are firm before you pick a slot. In the full calendar, click a teammate’s meeting to open its card, which says their answer in words (for example Not yet responded or Maybe, optional) and lists the other guests with each guest’s response. When the full guest list is available, the card also shows the total and a tally such as “2 yes, 1 awaiting”. Declined meetings never appear as busy time.

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Best uses

  • Internal scheduling. Add the three or four people who need to be in a meeting and pick a slot directly.
  • Finding mutual gaps. Useful for recurring meetings that keep slipping. Page forward and look for open bands across everyone.
  • Prepping availability. Identify which time bands actually work before sending availability out.

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Mobile

The mobile agenda has no time grid. When you create an event, the create sheet shows each guest as Free, Busy with their time, or Calendar not shared. See Calendar agenda on mobile.

Availability

Share when you’re free.

Creating events

Schedule from any surface.

Mobile agenda

14-day agenda on iOS.

Private notes

Notes that stay in Slashy.