How to Use Hioii with Google Calendar

Two-way sync: your meetings appear in Time Box, your focus blocks appear in Calendar.

Step-by-step guide to connect Hioii with Google Calendar for two-way sync of meetings and focus blocks.

This page covers how to use hioii with google calendar in practice: what to do first, how to turn it into real blocks in your calendar, and how to keep the plan alive when the day changes. Everything below is how we use Hioii ourselves — capture in Brain Dump, choose three outcomes, and box them into 30-minute slots with buffers.

Key takeaways

Go to Settings → Integrations. Open Settings, find "Integrations", and click "Connect Google Calendar." You will be redirected to a Google OAuth screen to authorize read/write access.
Pick which calendars to sync. After connecting, choose which calendars to read (work, personal) and which to write to.
Your meetings appear locked in Time Box. Calendar events show as immutable blocks in your Time Box grid.
Focus blocks push to Calendar as "Focus". When you create a block in Hioii, it shows up in your Google Calendar labeled "Focus: [task name]".

Go to Settings → Integrations

Open Settings, find "Integrations", and click "Connect Google Calendar." You will be redirected to a Google OAuth screen to authorize read/write access.

Pick which calendars to sync

After connecting, choose which calendars to read (work, personal) and which to write to. Most users sync one calendar both ways.

Your meetings appear locked in Time Box

Calendar events show as immutable blocks in your Time Box grid. You cannot drag them, but you can plan focus blocks around them — the grid renders them in real time.

Focus blocks push to Calendar as "Focus"

When you create a block in Hioii, it shows up in your Google Calendar labeled "Focus: [task name]". Teammates see you as busy instead of free, reducing meeting overload.

How this works inside Hioii

Start in Brain Dump and empty your head — tasks, ideas, worries — without sorting them. Then mark the three that define a successful day and drag them onto the Time Box grid, where each block is 30 minutes and every block carries a buffer. When something breaks (and it will), Auto-Organize re-plans the rest of the day instead of leaving you with a stale schedule about how to use hioii with google calendar.

Teams do the same thing in Squad: a shared backlog, delegation with clear owners, and availability that shows busy or blocked slots without exposing the private content of anyone's calendar. Managers see delivery speed and a traffic-light view of what is on track — measurement without surveillance.

Hioii is free to start on the Basic plan, which includes monthly AI credits. Paid plans add more credits, longer history retention, Take Off data export and team features such as seats, shared projects and agent access through MCP.

Frequently asked questions

Does Hioii read meeting attendees?

No. Only event title, time and busy/free status. Attendee lists and meeting contents stay private.