Connecting your Google Calendar to TRMNL takes just a few seconds and is done securely via our adherence to Google's API Services User Data Policy.
Step 1 - Visit the Google Calendar Plugin
Inside TRMNL, navigate to Plugins > Google Calendar.
Click to "Connect with Google Calendar" on the right side of the screen.
Step 2 - Connect Google Calendar
After being redirected to Google, select an email account and approve access to TRMNL. Note that you must click "Select all" on the right side to manually approve each required permission.
Step 3 - Configure Plugin
Back inside TRMNL, select which Google Calendars you want to display on your device and optionally set a few preferences.
Select Calendars
On a Mac, hold "cmd" and click multiple calendars. On a PC, hold "ctrl" and click multiple calendars.
Time Format
24 hours vs 12 hour (AM/PM) style
Include Description
If "Yes," a truncated preview of the event's description field will be shown beneath the event title. Note that on the "default" Layout (explained below), setting this option to "No" will ~double the number of events shown thanks to saved space.
First Day of Week
Applies only to the "month" view. Similar to native Google Calendar (month view), this allows you to set which day of the week is represented by the first column, furthest to the left. Defaults to Sunday.
Ignored Phrases
Supports a list of words that will be used to ignore events based on title or description content.
Layout
Default (upcoming events for today, tomorrow, next day)
Week (5-7 days upcoming)
Month (this calendar month)
Note that only "Week" and "Month" layouts support multi-day events, but every layout supports all-day events.
Example - Week layout with multi-day event ("Michael OOO")
Example - Default layout with all-day event ("Michael OOO")
Example - Month layout with multi-day event:
Step 4 - You're Done!
Based on your device's refresh settings, you'll begin seeing Google Calendar events very soon.
Note: while we fetch data according to your refresh interval, TRMNL only generates new screen renders if the data fetched contains changes. Thus setting your layout to "Default" (which shows 2-3 days) but updating an event 4+ days in the future will not trigger a screen refresh. Learn more about refresh rates here.
Stay focused.