Proton is renowned for its products that emphasize security and encryption while remaining accessible. If his services ProtonMail And Proton-VPN are better known and used, the Swiss company also offers a calendar which has just benefited from a more than welcome update.
Proton Calendar, if it fits perfectly into the Proton ecosystem, has the flaw of being less complete than the competition. However, it is in the sharing and collaboration features that the gap begins to narrow.
Proton focuses on sharing between users
Whether it’s to organize with colleagues or family, sharing calendars can quickly become essential. Proton Calendar finally allows to do it between users of the service. Very easily, it is possible to select contacts, individually or in groups, to allow them to consult the events of a calendar, or even to modify them or add new ones.
Sharing by link and .ics file is still possible, which ensures a certain interoperability with other competing services such as Google Calendar or Outlook.
Better compatibility with Android
The second novelty comes from invitations in .ics format. If the web interface of Proton Calendar has long been able to import them, this was still not the case for applications on smartphones and tablets. Not very practical when you know that calendar management is often done on these terminals. This aberration is now a thing of the past, at least on Android devices. If iPhone applications are not yet affected by this update, we can expect Proton not to delay the process too much.
Finally, an executive of the Swiss company explains: ” These features for Proton Calendar make the user experience even smoother. A calendar is more than a list of appointments, it’s a record of people’s lives, containing some of the most sensitive information they have. That’s why we want to make using private alternatives to Gmail and other services offered by tech giants as easy as possible, to give people the features they’re used to while offering excellent privacy protection. private life. »
Source: Proton press release
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