How to share your Free/Busy availability with Boomerang for Android
Share a live snapshot of your free or busy schedule with anyone you're emailing. Use this lightweight approach to sharing your schedule and give your guest access to your availability information without giving up any privacy. As your schedule fills up, your available times update automatically.
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- To share your Free/Busy availability, open up a new compose window by tapping on the envelope icon in the top right corner. Compose a message to your recipient, then tap on the Calendar button in the bar at the bottom of your compose window.
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- From the options window, tap on Share Free/Busy.
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First, select the duration for which you'd like to share your schedule. The default options included are the next
3 days,
5 days, and
Next Week; you can also tap on
Custom to select a later period of time -- any future duration of up to 10 consecutive days.
The toggles below the duration allow you to begin showing your schedule including today, and/or to include weekends if you prefer. - 4
- Your time zone will be set to your default, but you can tap on the time zone to change it, if needed. Next, you can choose which of your calendars you want to include availability from. By default, the calendar you synced in your online calendar settings will be selected, but you can make any needed changes here - for example, if you also want to include a colleague's availability for this meeting.
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- Lastly, select the time range that you'd like the schedule to include. Perhaps you want to make sure your recipient selects a time during your normal business hours, or maybe you want to make sure a particular meeting takes place in the morning.
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- Once you've configured your Free/Busy settings as desired, click on Add to email.
- A Magic Live Calendar will be embedded in your email, with a live snapshot of your free or busy availability. Any changes made to your calendar will update automatically!