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How the calendar opens on a phone: the Day default, a view that sticks per device, and Automatic density
Open the calendar on a phone and you land on Day: one date at a time, with the hours down the side and a strip of the surrounding week above it. Day is the phone default because it is the only timed view that stays readable at phone width. Seven columns squeezed into a phone screen are not, which is why Week is offered on computers and tablets only.
The view button in the calendar toolbar names the view you are on. Tap it and a phone offers three: Agenda, Day, and Month. Agenda is a scrolling list of what is coming up, and Month is the familiar grid, laid out for a phone.
Pick Agenda or Month on your phone and the calendar keeps it. Next time you open the calendar on that phone, that is the view you get. It is a real preference stored on your account, not a one-off for the current visit.
It is also kept apart from your computer. A phone stores its choice in Default view on phone, while a computer keeps using Default view. Switching your phone to Agenda leaves your desktop on Week, and setting your desktop to Month leaves your phone exactly where it was. Two devices, two answers, both remembered.
Density controls how tightly the timed grid is packed. It has three settings, and the one to know about is Automatic: it uses compact spacing on a phone and comfortable spacing on a larger screen, so more of the day fits where the screen is small without cramping the grid where there is room. Automatic is where a new account starts. Density changes spacing only. Event text stays legible at any setting.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Automatic | Compact on a phone, comfortable everywhere else. Decided by the width of the screen you are looking at, so the same account gets the right spacing on each device. |
| Comfortable | Roomier rows everywhere, phones included. Choose this if you would rather scroll a little more and have larger targets. |
| Compact | Tighter rows everywhere, large screens included. Choose this if you want as much of the day on screen at once as possible. |
Your other calendar preferences apply on a phone exactly as they do on a desktop: which weekday the week starts on, whether weekends are hidden, the CRM overlay layers, declined events, the default event length, and your time format. They are one set of preferences shared by every device, and only the default view and density have a phone-specific answer. The full catalogue is in Calendar Preferences.
Creating events works the same way too. Tap the + button and Quick create opens as a sheet where you set a title and a time, switch between Event and Task, and add guests, a location, a reminder, or a description, with More options there when you want the full activity form. Bookable windows show as a single tappable summary line rather than a band of blocks, so they do not swallow the day. Scheduling Activities covers the whole flow.