Google Calendar Adds RSVP Feature For Virtual Events

Google has planned to expand the RSVP option over the next few weeks to enable hybrid workplaces and let users choose whether they will attend an event virtually in Google Calendar invite. As companies begin to realise that working from home after the pandemic is beginning to seem more like a reality.

Virtual attendees of an event will be able to specify their status through a new drop-down menu that is viewable by the host and other guests in the event details.

Google hopes that that listing how people plan to attend an event will help organizers know what to expect, and presumably accommodate attendees who won’t physically be in the room. While the new options are currently limited to invites in Calendar, the company plans to bring them to invites that appear in Gmail in the future as well.

Google said that the RSVP feature is limited to Google Calenders as people who use outlook or iCal as their primary Calendar app won't see the new feature.

Google says the new RSVP options will appear gradually over the next couple of weeks, starting on July 8.