Google’s mobile calendar recently removed certain cultural observances. Google Calendar changes was in reference to the first day of Black History Month, Pride month event or Women’s History month, among other holidays and events. They are no longer displayed on the Google Calendar platform.
(Image Credit: shutterstock)The Google Calendar previously had the days marked at the start of February and March, respectively, but they were removed for 2025. Google Calendar update and changes to the platform was first reported on Verge last week, which followed comments from users.
Google Calendar changes
As per the Google spokesperson the changes to the calendar took place somewhere in mid-2024.
As per the Google spokesperson, “Some years ago, the Calendar team started manually adding a broader set of cultural moments in a wide number of countries around the world”. He added, “We got feedback that some other events and countries were missing— and maintaining hundreds of moments manually and consistently globally wasn’t scalable or sustainable”.
Google removes cultural observances
Google Calendar previously included February 1 as Black History Month, March 1 as Women’s History Month, June 1 as Pride Month, and November 1 as Indigenous Peoples Month. These events are no longer listed for 2025.
Other changes at Google
There have been other changes that Google has made. The company recently began scrapping its diversity hiring goals, becoming the latest tech giant to change its approach to hiring and promotions after the new government.
The company changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” on Google Maps after the administration updated its official sources. Google also announced it would use the name “Mount McKinley” instead of Denali, following the administration’s stance on place names.
On Google Calendar, the company has removed other events as well. It previously had November 1 as the first day of Indigenous Peoples Month and June 1 as the start of LGBTQ+ Pride month.
Google Calendar event removal
As per report the company is now only showing public holidays and national observances instead of manually maintaining a broader list of cultural moments.
The company spokesperson said that in mid-2024 it stopped manually adding cultural moments, It then shifted to relying on a third-party source, timeanddate.com, for holiday listings.
Changes on Google Calendar due to scalability
As per Google, the changes to the calendar is due to scalability issues. It said, manually maintaining hundreds of observances across different countries had become unsustainable.
For now all the users who want to track observances on Google Calendar like Pride month and Black History Month can manually add them to their own calendars.
For now there has been no update from Google on restoring the removed observances.
