Google shared calendar invitations for all my colleagues events

we use G suite at work. I am an admin of our account. I subscribe to all my teams shared calendars and since ios16 release, I now receive 100’s of calendar notifications from my teams calendars even though I’ve not been invited to that meeting.

this has never happened prior to ios16 and I have not changed anything else, so it must be ios16 causing this issue.

It’s an absolute nightmare and I am not able to use the calendar app - I have had to use Google’s app. Which isn’t ideal as I like to view my family & work calendars together and also have my calendar on my watch, which I am unable to do, because of this issue.

Has anyone managed to solve this issue? I’ve seen loads of others reporting this, but can’t find any good reasons or acknowledgement of the issue.

iPhone 14 Plus

Posted on Nov 30, 2022 11:58 AM

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BorisOkunskiy

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14 points

Posted on Jan 10, 2024 9:23 AM

I can confirm that removing admin privileges from Google Workspace fixes the Apple Calendar.

Apparently, you get Read & Write permissions to all calendars when you're Google Workspace Admin, so Apple Calendar treats them as "My Calendar".

Afaik Google Calendar app uses its own APIs whereas Apple Calendar is synced via CalDAV — so it might be that it's actually Google who sends incorrect calendars to sync.

The most annoying thing, however, is the responses in this thread "Apple Inc. is not Google Inc., ask them, not us" which is just plain awful. This is not a proper way to treat your valued customers. At least acknowledge that the problem exists and try to investigate the internals (e.g. CalDAV payloads) to see whether something can be done on either side.

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Jybhal

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4 points

Feb 7, 2024 9:33 PM in response to mikewalker1983

Yes I did solve the issue, I dumped iCloud and switch to Google. Got sick of trying to make these apps work.

Mar 21, 2024 7:50 AM in response to roscoe81

Come on Apple? How about Come On Google; it is Google workspace doing that, not Apple.

Dec 15, 2022 12:02 AM in response to Sasa_ios16_issue

You are addressing this to another user and not to Apple in this forum.

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Feb 15, 2023 10:31 AM in response to SravanKrA

This is an issue on calendar management in Apple’s side, not Google’s. Google happens to be the calendaring service associated with the bug, but the problem is happening only on the Apple calendar app.

I’m experiencing it too, and it has nothing to do with Google. If it did, then it would be happening in the Google Calendar app as well, which I have.

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jesO123

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8 points

Jul 6, 2023 5:56 PM in response to mikewalker1983

This is happening to me, and must be related to being an admin on a google workspace, because this started happening when I got added as an admin. I’m going to look in the google workspace admin settings and calendar and see if there’s something toggled on.

gto20

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Jul 11, 2023 3:10 PM in response to mikewalker1983

The same has been happening for me too - I am also a google workspace admin and have subscribed to many of my colleagues calendars... This is super annoying as I keep getting blocks of invites which also come through to my watch...

What is apple doing about this?

Oct 2, 2023 4:12 PM in response to stef158

That's not how this works... new software or hardware brings new functionality and requirements. Apple doesn't make new products to be compatible with third party products. That's the job of third party developers and service providers to have to update their products to be compatible (if/when there are changes).

Just because my Michelin tires fit my 2022 Camry car, doesn't mean it will fit my 2023 Camry.

Apr 22, 2024 4:01 PM in response to mikewalker1983

I've marked these calendars as "ignore alerts" but does that affect my colleagues if I have write access to their mailboxes?

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Dec 15, 2022 12:02 AM in response to princeansong

Google is not an Apple product. Contact the app developer here --> App Support or Google Support

Dec 15, 2022 12:04 AM in response to mikewalker1983

Official Google Calendar Help Center where you can find tips and tutorials on using Google Calendar and other answers to frequently asked questions.

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Jan 8, 2023 7:38 PM in response to mikewalker1983

Same problem here ! It is SO annoying !! Hopefully something will be done about that or a solution will be provided. Also seems recent since the update of iOS to 16.

Jan 10, 2023 1:31 PM in response to mikewalker1983

I've never been so annoyed. No support from Apple or Google to get this fixed. 14 notifications today and counting... It's only been since the last update.

Jan 10, 2023 1:32 PM in response to SravanKrA

This is not helpful. Google has no reports of this that are easily accessed.

Feb 14, 2023 12:53 AM in response to mikewalker1983

I have the same issue. Not only with iOS but also with macOS 13 Ventura. Is anyone at Apple aware of the problem?

jabNYCpb

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Feb 15, 2023 9:51 AM in response to mikewalker1983

Is everyone having this issue an admin on their google suites?

Google shared calendar invitations for all my colleagues events