Monday, December 31, 2007

Get SMS Event Alerts from Google Calendar

Google calendar supports sending event alerts through SMS, if you have a mobile and Google account. Its very simple and you can setup this within one minute.

Login to calendar.google.com with your Google account user name and password.
And go to the "Settings" link on the top right section of the page.

Get SMS Event Alerts from Google Calendar
In "Calendar Settings" section click the "Notifications" link.

Get SMS Event Alerts from Google Calendar
Then you will get the section for specifying your calendar events notification methods.

Get SMS Event Alerts from Google Calendar
From this page you can:

  • Select the "duration before the event you should be notified".
  • Select the mode of reminder "EMAIL" or "SMS" or "POP-UP".
  • Select your country and enter your mobile number.
  • Click the "Send Verification Code" button.
  • Wait for a moment you will receive your verification code in your mobile, and enter the same in the text box provided for verification code.
  • Click "Finish Setup" button
  • And click "Save" button to save your settings.
Done, here after you will be notified for events in your Google calendar.

Hats off to Google.

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