See Maxie Anywhere: Your Family Calendar in Google, Apple or Outlook
Maxie stays the source of truth, and everyone still sees it in the calendar app they already use.
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See Maxie Anywhere means nobody has to open a second app to know what's happening. Subscribe once from Google, Apple or Outlook and Maxie's events show up in the calendar that person already checks all day.
Why families use this
One parent's whole day is in Outlook for work. The other lives in Google. Grandma only ever opens the calendar that came with her phone. The family plans, meanwhile, are in none of those, which means somebody has to remember to go and look.
See Maxie Anywhere closes that gap without moving the family calendar anywhere. Maxie's events appear next to the 2pm meeting and the dentist appointment, on the phone, laptop and watch each person already uses.
Most families aren't in one calendar app, they're in three. One parent's day is booked out in Outlook, the other's in Google, and the grandparent doing Thursday pickup uses whatever came with her phone. The family plans sit outside all of them.
Maxie stays the single source of truth. It just stops being the only place you can see it.
See Maxie Anywhere lets anyone with access to a Maxie family calendar subscribe to it from their own calendar app, so school pickups, clubs and family plans appear alongside everything else they already have booked.
How it works
1. Open Calendar Settings
In Maxie, go to Calendar Settings and find Calendar sync.
2. Pick where you want to see it
Choose Google, Apple or Outlook.
3. Maxie creates a private link
Maxie generates a unique, private subscription link for that calendar. It isn't published anywhere and isn't guessable.
4. Your calendar app takes over
The provider's own "subscribe to a calendar by URL" flow opens, you confirm, and that's the setup finished. From then on Maxie's events appear in that calendar automatically, with nothing to re-import.
What each calendar app does with it
- Google Calendar adds it under Other calendars, from URL, so it sits in your calendar list and can be toggled on and off like any other.
- Apple Calendar handles the webcal link directly, which is what puts the events on your iPhone, iPad and anything else signed into the same account.
- Outlook uses Add calendar from web, so family logistics land in the same view as your work meetings.
All three check the link on their own schedule, usually every few hours rather than instantly. That's how calendar subscriptions work everywhere, not a Maxie limitation, but it's worth knowing: Maxie is the place to look when something has just changed.
The people this quietly helps most
It's easy to read this as a feature for the organised parent, but the real win is usually somebody else in the family network.
The grandparent who was shared into the calendar and never quite got into the habit of opening the app. The childminder who needs to know Friday is a half day. The co-parent whose working week is locked inside Outlook. None of them have to change how they check their day, and none of them have to be told twice.
That's the mental load part. Not "here's another app for you", but "it'll already be in your calendar".
Keeping the link private
The subscription link is the key to that calendar's contents, so Maxie treats it like one.
It's unique to that calendar, it isn't listed publicly, and you can regenerate it whenever you want, for instance if you think it's been forwarded somewhere it shouldn't have been. Regenerating issues a fresh link and invalidates the old one on the spot, so anyone still using the previous link simply stops receiving anything.
What this doesn't do
Being straight about the edges, because the word "sync" gets used loosely elsewhere:
- It's one way. Maxie to your calendar, not back again. Events you create in Google, Apple or Outlook stay in Google, Apple or Outlook.
- There's no account connection. Maxie doesn't sign into your Google or Microsoft account, and can't read anything in your existing calendars.
- Updates aren't instant. Your calendar provider decides how often it checks the link, typically a few hours. Maxie remains the place to check when something has just moved.
- You can't edit Maxie events from the other calendar. Changes are made in Maxie, where the rest of the family, and the prep tasks attached to the event, will see them.
Where this fits with everything else
This is the last mile of the Shared Family Calendar. However an event got into Maxie, whether it was pulled off a photo, lifted out of a school email, or set up once as a repeating job, this is what puts it in front of everyone in the app they already have open.
Related features
Shared Family Calendar: The Whole Family, One Calendar
One shared family calendar everyone sees the same version of. Invite a partner, co-parent, grandparents or a childminder, updates land for everyone.
School Holidays and Term Dates: Set Them Up Once, Maxie Does the Rest
Add each child's academic year, terms, holidays and INSET days once, and Maxie builds them into your family calendar and keeps term-time-only activities out of the way when school's off.
Add It Once: Weekly Clubs Sorted for the Whole Term
Set up football on Tuesdays or swimming on Thursdays once, and every future session appears automatically, kit list included, all term long.
Shared Tasks: Maxie Suggests, You Assign, Nobody Forgets
Maxie suggests what an event actually needs, kit, forms, presents, and whoever's handling it gets told directly. One list, nothing forgotten.
Frequently asked questions
Is this two-way sync?
No, and we'd rather say so plainly. Events flow one way: from Maxie into Google, Apple or Outlook. An event you create in your work calendar stays there, it doesn't appear in Maxie.
How do I sync my family calendar with Google?
Open Calendar Settings in Maxie, choose Google under Calendar sync, and Maxie gives you a private subscription link. Clicking through opens Google's own 'Other calendars, from URL' flow, and Maxie's events start appearing in Google Calendar.
Does it work with Apple Calendar and Outlook too?
Yes. Apple Calendar uses the webcal link Maxie generates, and Outlook uses its 'Add calendar from web' option. Same private link, same one-way flow.
How quickly do new events show up?
That's decided by your calendar provider, not by Maxie. Google, Apple and Outlook each check the subscription link on their own schedule, typically every few hours. Maxie itself is instant, so if you need to see a change straight away, look in Maxie.
Do I need a Google or Microsoft account connected to Maxie?
No. There's no account connection and no permission screen. Maxie hands out a private calendar link and your calendar app reads it, which is why it works the same way across all three providers.
Can grandparents and childminders use this?
Yes, and it's one of the best reasons for it. Anyone shared into the family calendar can subscribe from the calendar app on their own phone, so they stay in the loop without learning a new app.
What if the link gets shared with someone it shouldn't?
Regenerate it in Calendar Settings. The new link works immediately and the old one stops working, so anyone still using it sees nothing.
How do I stop it?
Two ways. Remove the subscribed calendar in your own calendar app, or regenerate the link in Maxie, which cuts off anything still pointing at the old one.
Do changes and cancellations carry across?
Yes. The subscription reflects the current state of the calendar, so when you move or delete an event in Maxie, the next time your calendar app checks the link the change comes with it.
Will it show on my watch or lock screen?
If your watch or lock screen shows your phone's calendar, then yes. Once Maxie's events are in your device calendar, everything built on top of that calendar picks them up.