Connect Talked to an external calendar

We highly recommend connecting your Google Calendar which will enable your Talked bookings to show on your calendar immediately.

You can connect your Talked schedule up to any other calendar you use, such as iPhone calendar (iCal) or Outlook.

It works by using a special 'feed URL' (generated by Talked) that you will add to your external calendar. That calendar will then "read" your Talked calendar and display your sessions.

One thing to keep in mind is that this is a one way sync, meaning, events will be sent from Talked to your external calendar, but not the other way around. So for example, when you get a new booking on Talked, it will be pushed to your external calendar, but if you update your external calendar, that change will not be pushed to Talked.

If you wish to have your Talked availability automatically updated based on your external calendar please check out calendar sycning article.

Getting Started

First you need to get your unique calendar feed URL, you can do this by following these steps:

1. Go to your Calendar page
2. Click on Calendar Integrations
   
3. Click on External Calendars
4. Copy your calendar feed url
   

It's important to keep this URL private, as anyone with this address can also subscribe to your calendar.

Connect Your External Calendar

Next you can connect the URL to the either Google, iPhone, iPad, MacOS or Outlook. See below for tutorials on each.

Google Calendar

Follow these steps to connect your Google Calendar.

iPhone or iPad Calendar

Follow these steps to add your Talked calendar feed URL to your iPhone or iPad calendar.

1. Click the Email me the URL button:
   
2. On your iPhone or iPad, open the email and copy the URL
3. Then go to your Settings, then tap Calendar
4. Tap Accounts, then tap Add Account
5. Tap Other, then tap Add Subscribed Calendar
6. Enter your Talked calendar feed URL in the Server field, then tap Next

You'll then be able to see your Talked bookings appear in your iPhone or iPad calendar.

MacOS Calendar

Follow these steps to add your Talked calendar feed your MacOS calendar.

1. Open your calendar app
2. Click File, and then New Calendar Subscription
   
3. Paste your Talked calendar feed URL (see the get started section above to get your URL) and then click Subscribe.
   
4. Specify 'Talked' as the Name and change the auto-refresh to Every hour.
   

That's it! Now you'll be able to see your Talked bookings appear in your MacOS calendar.

Outlook Calendar

Outlook has some instructions on how to add a calendar subscription, which you can check out here, you can also follow the below steps:

1. Open Outlook
2. Go to File, then click Info and Account Settings
3. Click on the tab Internet calendars, then click New
4. Paste your Talked calendar feed URL (see the get started section above to get the URL) as the location of the Internet calendar
5. Enter "Talked Calendar" as the description and select that you want to display the calendar on other computers with your email address

You also need to ensure that your Talked calendar is enabled, you can do this by:

1. At the top left of your screen click the Send/Receive All Folders
2. Go to your calendar and tick the box that says "Talked Calendar"

That's it! Now you'll be able to see your Talked bookings appear in your Outlook calendar.