Family Calendar Sharing

Apple Calendar — share with another iPhone user

1. Open the Calendar app.
2. Tap Calendars at the bottom.
3. Tap the small "i" next to "Family" (or any calendar).
4. Tap "Add Person". Type your spouse's or child's email or name.
5. Choose if they can VIEW or EDIT the calendar.
6. Tap Done. They get a notification — they accept and your calendar appears in their app.

Or use Family Sharing (Settings → tap your name → Family Sharing) — sets up a shared "Family" calendar everyone in your group automatically sees.

Google Calendar — share with anyone

1. Open calendar.google.com on a computer (easier to set up than the app).
2. Find your calendar in the left sidebar. Hover over it → click the three dots.
3. Click "Settings and sharing".
4. Scroll to "Share with specific people". Click "+ Add people".
5. Type their email. Pick "See all event details" or "Make changes".
6. Click Send. They get an email with a link.
7. On the calendar app on their phone, the new shared calendar appears under "Other calendars".

Mixed family — iPhone people + Android people

Apple Calendar and Google Calendar can talk to each other:

1. The Apple person: Settings → Calendar → Accounts → Add Account → Google.
2. Sign in with their Google account.
3. Now their Google calendar appears inside iPhone's Calendar app.
4. Use a shared Google calendar as the "family" calendar — everyone iPhone and Android sees it.

Even simpler: Use Cozi — a free app made just for family calendars. Works on every phone. Shopping lists, meal planner, color-coded family members.

Useful shared calendars to create

• Family Birthdays — once a year, takes 30 minutes; everyone's reminded forever.
• Medical Appointments — your spouse sees your doctor visits.
• Travel — shared calendar of upcoming trips so kids and grandkids know when you're around.
• Meal Schedule — for caregivers rotating meals.
• Work Schedule — adult children share with you so you know when they're free for video calls.