Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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· Damon Aw

Automatic Hangout links in your GCal Invites

We use Hangouts a lot for pairing, standups and interviewing candidates. Google Calendar has a one click feature to add a Hangout link to your calendar events.

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This rocks because it's sent in the invite and on your Calendar entry, giving everyone a simple way to access the Hangout event.

Let's make it rock harder

Under Settings

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Turn on this and a hangout link is added to every calendar invite.

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So auto, much magic, wow.

To display all the hangout events on your calendar nicely, see this.

https://coderwall.com/p/1bjdog