Users claim that a bug in Google Calendar generates arbitrary, phoney events.
- Several Twitter users discovered the bug.
- Fake all-day events were made by the Google Calendar software.
- Google has not formally addressed the issues.
According to reports, a problem in Google Calendar is leading the programme to generate arbitrary events based on emails the user receives in their Gmail inbox. On the Google Calendar software for iOS and Android mobile devices, the issue seems to have been discovered by a number of users.
The bug was also noticed by Twitter users who flocked to the social media platform to share screenshots of their Calendar apps crammed with arbitrary events. A revelation by 9to5Google claims that Google Calendar has been showing arbitrary made events that have been started by messages in users' Gmail inboxes but may not necessarily be related to any genuine occurrences. The erroneously produced events, which on most Android and iOS devices appear to be all-day events, have been triggered by a flaw in the Gmail mobile application.
The report also stated that it is unclear which specific bug caused this to occur. A number of individuals have been seen posting screenshots of their Google Calendar apps on Twitter, which are jam-packed with all-day events that have nothing to do with the users themselves. Users of Google Calendar can avoid the bug by going to Settings > Events > Turn Off 'Automatically add events from Gmail to my calendar' in order to reduce clutter in their Google Calendar.
The capacity of Google Calendar to track actual events from your Gmail inbox and send users notifications for the same as a reminder will be lost if you do this, though. It is significant to note that Google has not formally acknowledged, addressed, or provided a fix for the reported flaw.
The Alphabet-owned search engine giant added a 'Focus time' entry feature last year that let users specify a time period during which any meeting requests would be automatically rejected.