Spending most of your work day on meetings? Google Calendar will give you proof through Time Insights

If you’ve always wanted to know how much of your work day is spent being in meetings, you might be able to pretty soon thanks to something Google Calendar will introduce. Their new feature, Time Insights, is rolling out gradually “over the next month on select plans”.

“With the changes to our working environments in the past year, some people have more meetings and may feel less control over how their work time is spent. Time Insights can show you this data, and help you plan your time better,” wrote Google.

Here’s what information Time Insights will provide users with:

1. Time Breakdown: Based on your working hours and the types of meetings you have
2. Time In Meetings: Highlights meeting-heavy days and time frames, as well as meeting frequencies
3. People you meet with: Showing who you spend the most time meeting with

You can also pin key stakeholders to make sure you’re keeping in touch with them. Hovering your cursor over an individual’s name will also highlight the meetings you have with that person. Currently, you can only view the feature on a computer.

The Time Breakdown chart will not only show how much your working hours are spent in meetings, but it is divided into meetings with three or more people or one-on-one meetings. You’ll also get to see which week would be busiest, as well as a daily average of time in meetings.

The information will only be available to you, not your manager. However, if a manager has “manage sharing access” permission to those calendars, they can view your Time Insights.

Time Insights is available to users of Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Nonprofits. It has already began rolling out for Admins, gradually, since 30 August 2021. Rollout for Rapid Release end users will start on 6 September onwards, and for Scheduled Release end users on 20 September onwards.

Both Google and Apple have already introduced similar breakdowns before—but its to show the amount of time spent using different apps. While Apple lets users set per-app time limits, Google Calendar wouldn’t let you set similar boundaries on meetings—until now, of course.

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