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Granola syncs with your Google or Microsoft/Outlook calendar to notify you about upcoming meetings and to generate better meeting notes using context from the meeting details and attendees. These things make a big difference to the experience you’ll have when using Granola, so here’s how to make sure it’s set up correctly. Coming up section Upcoming meetings for the next 7 days will be shown in the Coming up section of the app. By default, we show 5 meetings to keep the app tidy, but you can click “Show more” to see additional meetings. Any changes made to events on your calendar should be reflected in Granola within a few minutes. Events that you’ve declined, or calendar entries that aren’t events (like Out of Office, Focus Time or Working Location blocks) won’t be displayed in Granola.

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Using multiple calendars

Your primary calendar in Google or Microsoft/Outlook is synced by default. You can toggle on any additional calendars in Settings. To access calendar settings:
  1. Click on your workspace name in the bottom-left corner of the app
  2. Click Settings
  3. Select Calendar from the sidebar
Workspace menu From here, you can toggle which calendars are visible in Granola and configure how meetings appear in the Coming up section. Calendar settings If you’re using Granola on iOS, you’ll need to make these changes in our macOS or Windows app, and they’ll be synced to Granola on iOS.

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Calendars from other accounts

If you have events in calendars from other accounts, you’ll need to share these with the Google or Microsoft account you’re using to log in to Granola. For Google Calendar, you can share calendars from another account by following the steps here. For Microsoft/Outlook, you can share your calendar using these instructions. Just share the calendars with the account that you log into Granola with, and wait a few minutes for the events to sync over. You’ll need to select “See all event details” (Google) or equivalent permissions (Microsoft) when sharing a calendar for Granola to be able to sync your meetings. Google Calendar sharing permissions We don’t currently support Apple Calendar, only Google and Microsoft/Outlook.

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Multiple Google or Microsoft accounts

Granola connects to one Google or Microsoft account at a time (the one you sign in with). To see meetings from another account:
  1. Share that account’s calendar with the email you use for Granola (e.g. share a Google calendar with your Granola email, or share an Outlook calendar).
  2. Grant See all event details (Google) or equivalent (Microsoft) — Granola can’t show events if it only has free/busy.
  3. In Granola, go to Settings > Calendar and toggle on the shared calendar. Events usually appear within a few minutes.
If you need meetings from several accounts, add all those calendars to the account you sign in to Granola with, then enable them in Settings > Calendar.

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Granola doesn’t auto-start for meetings

Granola only starts transcribing when you open a note for that meeting (e.g. by clicking the meeting in “Coming up” or opening it from the home screen). It doesn’t join or record in the background. To have Granola ready:
  • Open the meeting in Granola at or after its scheduled start time (click it in “Coming up” or from the list), or
  • Click ➕ Quick Note if you’re in an unscheduled or ad-hoc call.
If the meeting doesn’t appear in “Coming up”, check Calendar sync troubleshooting.

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How far back does meeting history go?

Granola shows upcoming meetings (typically the next 7 days in “Coming up”) and your past notes in the app. How far back you can see past notes depends on your plan: on the Basic (free) plan you only have access to the last 30 days in the app; on Business or Enterprise you have full history. We don’t fetch or list calendar events from the distant past — the app is built around upcoming and recent meetings and the notes you’ve taken.

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Duplicate calendar events or duplicate notes

If the same meeting appears twice in “Coming up” or you get two notes for one meeting, it’s usually because the meeting exists in more than one calendar (e.g. your calendar and a shared copy). Toggle off the duplicate calendar in Settings > Calendar if you don’t need it, or ignore the duplicate — you can delete or merge notes as needed.