What's new on Web & Desktop
Keep up to date with the latest features and improvements we're shipping to Web & Desktop.
A cleaner month view
The month view has a cleaner design, with more room for the events in it. All-day markers now show as icons along the top of each day, dates sit in the corner, and the start of a new month reads as a soft step through the grid.
Happening right now
An event that's under way carries a highlight ring, on the timeline and in the calendar, so whatever you're in the middle of stands out from the rest of the day.
Improvements8
- Cancelled and declined events, and tasks you've completed, are easier to tell apart from everything still ahead
- Choose how the week lines up when you jump to today or to a date: starting on your first day of the week, or starting today
- Each device keeps its own tab, so signing in somewhere else no longer changes the view in front of you
- Duplicate a tab from its menu, the way you already can on iPhone and Android
- Right-click a marker for its options, and when a day holds more than fit, open the rest in a list you can drag onto another day
- A calendar's reminders can go back to your account defaults, which are now shown next to them
- The sign-in window now opens as soon as you arrive signed out, with a fresh design
- Move to annual billing from your subscription settings
Fixes10
- Signing in successfully no longer shows an error as well
- The account setup window no longer reappears for accounts already set up
- Times you type are kept when you click away, as well as when you press Enter
- Starting a new event while editing another keeps what you'd already typed
- An event sitting entirely behind another can be resized again, from anywhere along its edge
- An event running past midnight now offers the next day's times when you set when it ends
- Calendars can be dragged into a different order again
- Dragging an all-day event over the dates no longer gives it a start and end time
- A saved location you removed can be added again
- Subscribing part way through signing up returns you to the step you were on, rather than starting you again
Unified event composer
Quick Add and the event form became one thing. Type in plain language, then refine every detail without moving anywhere.
Everything in one place
Description, schedule, location with an inline map, call link, repeat, participants, tags, reminders, calendar and area all sit together. The whole thing pops out to the full window, or collapses back, without losing what you've typed.
Improvements4
- Descriptions keep their links and formatting, and now appear in the details panel too
- Integrations and calendar accounts merged into one Connected accounts menu
- Rename, reorder, assign an area, fix or disconnect an account from that one place
- Select and copy an event's title and description
Fixes3
- The times and dates you type take priority over anything inferred
- Meals and social plans get a sensible time of day rather than becoming all-day events
- Long descriptions are no longer cut short
iCloud and Fastmail event editing
The calendars that arrived read-only two weeks ago now work the way your Google calendars do: create, reschedule, edit and delete, repeats included.
Improvements4
- Daybridge Plus is now available as a discounted annual plan
- Repeating events on iCloud and Fastmail calendars can be changed just this once, from here onwards, or every time they happen
- Calendars you can only read are marked as such, so an edit can't bounce back
- Changes reach your other devices faster
Fixes2
- Time zone names no longer truncate in the event details panel
- Deleting part of a repeating series behaves correctly on Google calendars
iCloud and Fastmail calendars
Daybridge now speaks CalDAV. Connect an iCloud or Fastmail account and your calendars arrive alongside everything else, with the same colours, the same filters and the same week.
Improvements2
- Assign an area to a connected account's events as you connect it
- Connect iCloud with an app-specific password, or Fastmail with a single sign-in
Fixes1
- Calendars with no colour set fall back to their area's hue
A friendlier first run
A focused pass over everything between opening Daybridge for the first time and having your calendar in front of you.
Improvements4
- Clearer, friendlier sign-up steps
- Turning on a calendar brings it online straight away
- Only the calendars you've turned on are synced
- Accounts connected after onboarding get the same guided setup
Fixes1
- A round of Google Calendar fixes for repeating events, all-day events, deletions and replies
New calendar canvas engine
The calendar was rebuilt on a new rendering engine. Month, week and day layouts load and navigate far more smoothly, and cope with thousands of events without complaint.
Events that stay in sight
Events stick to the top and bottom of the view as you scroll, so you can see what sits just off-screen, and all-day events stay readable however wide they run.
Improvements6
- Redesigned events, easier to read
- A visual refresh across the month, timeline and agenda layouts
- Dark mode colours adjusted so events stand out
- Date headers show when events are hidden by an active filter
- Search the time zone picker by city or time zone name, and pin your own to the top
- Improved keyboard navigation and screen reader support
Fixes2
- Events no longer appear a day out around time zone boundaries
- Time zone labels sit the right way up
Quick Add
Quick Add reads a sentence and builds the event. Times, places, repeats and the right area, without touching a single field.
It knows where things belong
A dentist appointment lands in Personal and a design review lands in Work, following the areas you already use.
Improvements4
- Quick Add understands seven languages at launch
- Ask for a follow-up change to adjust the suggested event
- See a map for any event that picked up a place
- Quick Add runs on Daybridge's own infrastructure, using open-weight models, so your calendar isn't sent to a third-party AI provider
Fixes1
- Locations with commas no longer split into two places
A quicker, steadier calendar
A performance pass across the calendar, so moving between dates and views keeps up with you.
Fixes3
- Fewer unexpected sign-outs
- The app stays responsive while creating events
- Sync no longer stalls when something goes wrong
Agenda view
A single list of what's coming up, for when a grid is more than you need.
Hover to convert time zones
Hover an event's time to see it in your other time zones, and on a map, without opening anything.
Improvements3
- A redesigned event details screen
- A participants screen for browsing long guest lists and seeing who has replied
- Calendar details on hover
Fixes1
- Opening event details no longer crashes on certain time zones
New design system
Web and desktop moved onto Daybridge's new design system, with colours reworked across the app for readability and contrast.
Local-first sync and offline support
Daybridge now keeps your calendar on your device. Changes save the moment you make them, work with no connection at all, and appear on your other devices as soon as there is one.
Instant, then everywhere
Adding, editing and deleting events, calendars, areas and everything else saves the moment you do it, then reaches your other devices on its own.
Improvements1
- A wider selection of icons for events, areas and tags
Fixes1
- Faster local storage, and a set of syncing fixes
Tabs on web and desktop
Spaces became tabs. Every setting for a view now lives behind the tab itself, so a click gets you to the layout, the hours and the filters you want.
Improvements6
- Dark mode rebuilt on a fresh colour palette
- A New event button, with a dropdown for each event type
- Translucent events, so clashes are easier to spot
- Create an event with the N key, or from the command menu
- Pick a view preset from the new tab (+) menu
- The browser tab title shows the month you're looking at
Fixes3
- All-day events are less squashed in timeline view
- Sidebar peek mode opens and closes reliably, without sticking
- Jump back to today is hidden when today is already in view
Event search
Search across everything in your calendar, from the Home tab on mobile and from anywhere on web and desktop.
Improvements1
- Desktop notifications for upcoming events
Fixes2
- The app no longer freezes on first open while a large calendar syncs
- Desktop alerts behave properly after the machine wakes from sleep
Daybridge Plus subscriptions
Daybridge Plus arrived as the first step towards making Daybridge sustainable, with a discounted rate for everyone who joined during early testing.
Improvements2
- Subscribe from the app on web, desktop, iOS and Android
- New terms and conditions, and a combined privacy policy
Daybridge v1
Daybridge v1 arrived on web and desktop, with new iOS and Android apps the following week. This is where the changelog begins. Everything listed here was already part of Daybridge by then.
Improvements10
- Google Calendar accounts sync both ways, including recurring events and edits to a single occurrence
- Areas group your calendars and events, and decide the colour everything takes
- Four event types: events, tasks, blocks and markers
- Additional time zones, with names you choose, shown alongside your own
- Participants, locations and call links on any event
- Tags and saved locations
- Contacts, and calendars shared with other people
- Notifications by push and email, with reminders set per calendar or per event
- Sign in with Google, Apple or email
- Filters