I’m the Product Manager on Proton Calendar, here’s what we’re working on and why it’s taking time
Hi everyone,
I’m the Product Manager working on Proton Calendar 👋
I wanted to jump in personally because I know Calendar is not where it needs to be today.
And I really do mean personally. I’m one of those slightly obsessive calendar people. My calendar is not just for meetings. It has errands, laundry days, reminders, tasks, focus blocks, etc.. because apparently I enjoy being managed by my past self.
So when Calendar is slow, buggy, missing search/offline/tasks, or generally makes it harder to plan your day, I feel that pain too.
The honest answer is that we are currently rebuilding Proton Calendar from the ground up across iOS, Android, and Web. This is our next-generation Calendar architecture, based on lessons from our previous Mail rewrite. The goal is to fix the foundational shortcomings rather than keep adding patches on top of an experience that needs a stronger base.
The main things we are working toward are:
- Better performance and offline support, so that actions like creating or editing events can work even without connectivity.
- Search, so you can find events quickly.
- A more modern and responsive UI.
- An improved Agenda / Schedule view.
- A bunch of other improvements like opening event locations in your preferred maps app.
We are still shipping improvements to the current application where it makes sense. For example, we recently made it possible on Android to set Proton Calendar as your default calendar app on supported devices. We also launched appointment scheduling on Web because it did not require any mobile changes.
But for the biggest pain points the real fix is the next-generation Calendar.
Timelines are always tricky, especially with a rewrite of this scale, so I want to avoid over-promising exact dates. Our current plan is to make the next-generation Calendar available before the end of the year, starting with a beta / early access phase so we can gather feedback before replacing the current experience.
Thank you for bearing with us. I know it has been frustrating, and I really appreciate everyone who continues to give detailed feedback. The team is genuinely passionate about making Proton Calendar a much stronger product, and I’ll try to be more present here to answer questions where I can 😄