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Front, the company that lets you manage your inboxes as a team, acquired Meetingbird last year
So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Front is about to roll out its own calendar
This way, you can manage meetings within Front and find time that works for everyone.Integrating emails with your calendar makes a lot of
There’s a reason why Outlook lets you manage both your inbox and your calendar
And there’s also a reason why Google includes both Gmail and Google Calendar in G Suite accounts.Front Calendar works with both Google and
Office 365 accounts as the backend infrastructure for your calendars
You can open a day view by clicking on the calendar button in the top-right corner.As you can see in the following screenshot as well, you
get a preview of your existing events when somebody sends you a calendar invitation:A day view doesn’t cut it when you’re trying to plan
further ahead; that’s why you can expand the calendar and get a full-fledged calendar in glorious full screen:Finally, Front Calendar is
bringing back Meetingbird’s core feature
You can insert a widget in your email with your available meetings times
Recipients can click to accept a time slot.It looks like a good Google Calendar or Outlook alternative
But Front says that it wants to add a multiplayer component — beyond just inviting people to events
You could imagine opening an event and @-mentioning your teammates to reschedule an event
You could also imagine setting up sophisticated rules to automatically tag and organize events based on multiple criteria.The first version
of Front Calendar will be available in December.
