Check out the latest version of Google Calendar for Android. Now you can highlight those super-urgent…
Check out the latest version of Google Calendar for Android. Now you can highlight those super-urgent meetings and important birthdays, or just switch up the color of your calendar whenever your heart desires. And for all of you world travelers, our redesigned timezone picker makes it simpler to find the region that you’re looking for, whether you’re in San Francisco, Tokyo or Zurich.
Download the latest version of Google Calendar on Google Play, rolling out over the course of the day: http://goo.gl/Wu7b5
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