- Stripe-with-founder John Collison took to X to request a Google Calendar feature
- Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed it was added only one month later
- Users of Social Media Horse Collison’s power
Following a recent request from stripe co-founder John Collison (via an X post), Google has added a new feature to its calendar, proving that the company is actually listening to customer requests (although customers may need to be of a particular caliber).
July 5 Bad Collison Bad Google CEO SUNDAR PICHAI: “Could we get CTRL click on Google Calendar to duplicate events, just as many native calendar applications have?”
A little more than a month later, on August 13, Pichai confirmed that “The feature is now live for everyone on Google calendar on the web.”
Google Calendar gets a new feature from the request of a CEO
Following Collison’s success, X users joked about his success in getting Google to build a new feature according to his request and asked him to ask for their own problems.
Among the requests was a humorous comment from Box CEO Aaron Levie: “John, can you ask for Waymo to work on El Camino through the peninsula?” – As Pichai answered with a laughter emoji.
Pichai’s direct intervention shows the power of feedback from the public product on social media platforms, but it is unclear whether such requests will form part of Google’s formal proposal process that goes on.
Although Google’s quick response to a functional request may be uncommon, the company has at least a solid track record with regular maintenance of calendar and other workspace apps.
On July 15, the company added support for sharing calendar agreement booking pages directly IE emails via Gmail. Google has also added an app (formerly known as extensions) to calendar, including Workspace apps, to Gemini for deeper integration and a smarter assistant.
