- The co-founder of Stripe, John Collison, went on X to request a Google calendar functionality
- The CEO of Alphabet, Sundar Pichai, confirmed that he had been added a month later
- Social media users laugh at Collison power
After a recent request from the co-founder of Stripe, John Collison (via an X Post), Google added a new feature to its calendar, proving that the company actually listens to customers’ requests (even if customers may need to be a certain caliber).
It was not until July 5, Collison asked the CEO of Google Sundar Pichai: “Could we get Ctrl-Click on Google Calendar to duplicate events, as many native calendar applications did it?”
A little more than a month later, on August 13, Pichai confirmed that “the functionality is now live for everyone on Google Calendar on the web”.
Google Calendar obtains a new feature from the request of a CEO
After Collison’s success, X users joked about its success in the creation of Google to create a new feature according to its request, asking it to request fixers for their own problems.
Among the requests, there was a humorous comment from the CEO of Box Aaron Levie: “John, can you ask Waymo to work on El Camino through the peninsula?” – What Pichai replied with a laughing emoji.
The direct intervention of Pichai shows the power of the comments of public products on social media platforms, but it is not clear if these requests will be part of the official process of Google suggestions in the future.
Although Google’s rapid response to a demand for features can be rare, the company has at least one solid history of regularly keeping calendar and other workspace applications.
On July 15, the company added a support to share calendar appointment books directly in emails via Gmail. Google has also added an application (formerly known under the name of extensions) for Calendar, among other workspace applications, Gemini for deeper integration and a smarter assistant.
