Calendar feeds

About calendar feeds

Calendar apps such as Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and Outlook can subscribe to a calendar link (an ICS feed) and show its events beside your own.

How it works with Sonely

• Each teacher gets a private link to their own lessons, with steps for iPhone or iPad, Android or Google Calendar, Apple Calendar on Mac and Outlook.
• The feed is one-way. Change a lesson in Sonely and the feed follows. Changes made in your calendar app don't come back.
• Admins can subscribe to each teacher's feed, or include every teacher in their own.
• Families add their own lessons to their calendar from the family portal, with Add to my calendar.
• Bring your other calendars in: add any calendar's ICS link and Sonely reads it. Busy events block online booking and raise conflicts, and other people see only that you're busy.
• Only you can see your link. Changing your password or logging out of all devices replaces it, and the old subscription goes blank.

Set it up

1. In the Calendar, choose Sync calendar.
2. On Your devices, pick iPhone or iPad, Android or Google Calendar, Apple Calendar on Mac, or Outlook, and follow the steps shown.
3. Copy your private link and paste it where your calendar app asks for it. In Outlook on the web, that's Add calendar, then Subscribe from web.
4. To bring another calendar in, open External calendar feeds, choose Add calendar and paste its ICS link. Choose whether its events count as busy unless they say they're free.

What it doesn't do

• It isn't a two-way sync. Events you add in your calendar app don't appear in Sonely.
• Your calendar app decides how often it checks the feed. Google Calendar can take up to a day to show a change.
• Calendar feeds are turned off in the demo studio. They work in your own studio.