Google Calendar is getting a redesign and a dark mode

This update started rolling out this week. It will soon be available to everyone, whether they use a personal Gmail login or any paid Google Workspace account.

Once it’s in your account, you can enable Dark Mode By clicking on the Settings icon Google Calendar offers a new drop-down menu in the top-right corner of the interface, with a dark option available under “Appearance.” Users can switch back to the Lite option or choose to match their device’s chosen theme.

Previously, enabling dark mode for Google Calendar on the web required third-party browser extensions to change its appearance. Because the update is a “visual update,” Google warns that active extensions may “not work as expected.”

Google says the updated Calendar UI will use its “custom-designed and highly readable typefaces” and feature “clearer and crisper, fresher-feeling” iconography. Google’s Material Design 3 standards. The updates, including Dark Mode, apply to “the entire Calendar web experience,” including the task list view.