Google giveth and Google taketh away. On Monday, the search giant released a new Apple Watch app for Google Calendar, bringing its native calendar and task functionality to watchOS for the first time, while pulling its Keep app from the platform.
Version 25.24.1 of the Google Calendar app adds a dedicated Apple Watch app that displays a simplified overview of upcoming events and Google Tasks directly on their wrist.
The official Google Calendar app helps you stay organized and plan your day with easy event creation, multiple calendars, customizable views, widgets, and tasks.
With Google Calendar, you can:
• Get events automatically added to your Calendar from Gmail, including flight, hotel, concert, and restaurant reservations.
• Go from using Calendar on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch to your computer without missing a beat when you’re logged into the same Google account.
• Consolidate and view Google Calendar events side-by-side with other calendars on your device, including Exchange and iCloud.
• Keep family, friends, and colleagues in the loop with shared calendars, so they can view, add, or modify events.
• Quickly switch between month, week, and day views.
• Stay on top of to-dos by creating and managing tasks alongside your events in Calendar.
• Personalize your Google Calendar with light or dark mode or by color-coding your events
• Always know what’s next while on the go with Google Calendar on Apple Watch by customizing your watch face with Calendar complications or adding widgets.
The app displays a week’s worth of schedule information in a list format, with entries appearing as a color-coded card. Each card includes the scheduled time, title of the event or task, and associated location.
The app does not currently support the creation or editing of events from the watch itself. Users need to open the Google Calendar iPhone app to do that.
The app brings two new complications compatible with watchOS watch faces and the Smart Stack. “What’s next” displays the user’s upcoming appointment. When tapped, the complication opens the Google Calendar watch app and displays the corresponding event’s details. The second complication, “Today’s date,” shows the current day and date in a small circular format and also serves as a launch point for the app.
Now for the bad news, just as Google debuts its Calendar app on the Apple Watch, it has discontinued its Google Keep app on the Watch.
Google Keep is a free note-taking service offered by Google. Version 2.2025.26200 of the Google Keep app removes the watchOS app. However, Android users can breathe easy, as Google Keep for Wear OS continues to be available.
Google Keep for Apple Watch had not been updated in any meaningful way for several years.
