Google has added 12 languages to the Google Calendar app for iOS. With this update, iPhone and iPad users can access Google Calendar in more native languages.
Google Calendar on iOS/iPadOS (Compatible with iOS 17/ iPadOS 17 or later) – 12 New Languages Announced
According to an announcement via the Google Workspace X account, language support has been expanded for the Google Calendar app on iOS. While the majority of these are Indian languages, Canadian French, Kazakh, Lithuanian, and Slovenian have also been included.
The newly added languages are Bengali, Canadian French, Gujarati, Kannada, Kazakh, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Slovenian, Tamil, and Telugu. While these are brand new for iOS/ users, they have already been available on Android and the web.
With these additions, Google Calendar now supports a total of 44 languages on iOS, outstepping Apple’s native Calendar app, which supports 33. Below is a comparison of the language availability between the two apps.
| S. No. | Language | Google Calendar iOS App | Apple Calendar App |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | No | Yes |
| 2 | Bengali | Yes | No |
| 3 | Bulgarian | Yes | No |
| 4 | Catalan | Yes | Yes |
| 5 | Croatian | Yes | Yes |
| 6 | Czech | Yes | Yes |
| 7 | Danish | Yes | Yes |
| 8 | Dutch | Yes | Yes |
| 9 | English | Yes | Yes |
| 10 | Finnish | Yes | Yes |
| 11 | French | Yes | Yes |
| 12 | German | Yes | Yes |
| 13 | Greek | Yes | Yes |
| 14 | Gujarati | Yes | No |
| 15 | Hebrew | Yes | Yes |
| 16 | Hindi | Yes | Yes |
| 17 | Hungarian | Yes | Yes |
| 18 | Indonesian | Yes | Yes |
| 19 | Italian | Yes | Yes |
| 20 | Japanese | Yes | Yes |
| 21 | Kannada | Yes | No |
| 22 | Kazakh | Yes | No |
| 23 | Korean | Yes | Yes |
| 24 | Lithuanian | Yes | No |
| 25 | Malay | Yes | Yes |
| 26 | Malayalam | Yes | No |
| 27 | Marathi | Yes | No |
| 28 | Norwegian Bokmål | Yes | Yes |
| 29 | Polish | Yes | Yes |
| 30 | Portuguese | Yes | Yes |
| 31 | Punjabi | Yes | No |
| 32 | Romanian | Yes | Yes |
| 33 | Russian | Yes | Yes |
| 34 | Simplified Chinese | Yes | Yes |
| 35 | Slovak | Yes | Yes |
| 36 | Slovenian | Yes | No |
| 37 | Spanish | Yes | Yes |
| 38 | Swedish | Yes | Yes |
| 39 | Tamil | Yes | No |
| 40 | Telugu | Yes | No |
| 41 | Thai | Yes | Yes |
| 42 | Traditional Chinese | Yes | Yes |
| 43 | Turkish | Yes | Yes |
| 44 | Ukrainian | Yes | Yes |
| 45 | Vietnamese | Yes | Yes |
| Total Supported | 44 languages | 33 languages |
