If you are through some important tasks and want to get notified a few minutes later, click the “Remind me again in 5 minutes” in the yellow bar appearing at the top of the window after you dismiss the pop-up reminder. I set up a quick event and it worked nicely with a pleasing sound effect. Now set up an event to test the whole process. You will see a sample desktop notification near the right-most taskbar. Click the “Settings” link at the right-top corner and select “Calendar settings”.Įnable the “Gentle Reminders” feature and save it.Ī yellow bar will appear for permission to show desktop notifications. Now, configure your Google Calendar account. Make sure Google Calendar is not blocked by clicking “Exceptions…”. Select the second option “Ask me when a site wants to show desktop notifications (recommended)”. Select “Notifications” from the left pane. Head into Under the Hood –> Content settings… Go to “Customize and control Google Chrome” option and select “Options” from the menu. Google has recently added sound effects to Google Calendar desktop notification.įirst, you have to make sure that Chrome is set to allow desktop notifications. It has a nice labs feature named “ Gentle Reminders” that replaces pop-up reminders with a more pleasing notification.

3 How to Get Google Calendar Desktop Notifications in Google ChromeĪre you little tired with the old fashioned pop-up notifications of your important events? If you use Google Chrome as your browser, Google Calendar has a nice solution for you.

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