Calendar Widget for Edge
Your Google Calendar on Microsoft Edge's new tab. Edge's profile may be signed into a Microsoft account, but the widget connects to Google in a small popup that closes itself — the two never get in each other's way.
Install on Edge
The Edge-specific flow, start to finish.
- 1In Edge, open the Start Page HQ listing on the Chrome Web Store, click "Allow extensions from other stores" on the banner, then "Get". Approve the new-tab permission and confirm if Edge asks whether to keep the new page.
- 2Open a new tab. Click the gear icon in the bottom right and choose Add Widget → Google Calendar.
- 3Click "Connect Google Calendar". Edge opens a small popup window with Google's account picker — choose an account, allow read-only calendar access, and the popup closes itself.
- 4Choose the calendar to show — your primary or a shared one — and a day, week, or month view.
- 5Optional: hide locations and all-day events in the widget settings if you only want timed meetings on the tab.
What Calendar Does
A short tour of the widget. Already sold? Skip ahead.
- Google Calendar events, including calendars shared with you.
- Day, week, or month view per widget; two widgets for two calendars.
- Times, locations, and all-day blocks each switchable.
- Sunday or Monday week start.
- Read-only — an event opens in Google Calendar in a new Edge tab.
Notes for Edge Users
A common Edge setup is a profile signed into a Microsoft work account, with Google used for the actual calendar — a personal one, or a Google Workspace one at a company that standardised on Windows anyway. The Calendar widget keeps those separate. The Google connection happens in a popup window the extension opens through Edge's windows API, with Google's own account picker, and it is stored on your Start Page HQ account. Your Edge profile's Microsoft sign-in is not involved and is not changed.
Two consequences worth knowing. Because the connection is on your account rather than in the Edge profile, Edge at home shows the same calendar after one sign-in, without repeating the Google step. And because the widget reads Google Calendar only, an Outlook or Exchange calendar does not appear unless you have subscribed to it inside Google Calendar — the widget does not connect to Microsoft 365. If Outlook is your only calendar, this is not the widget for it; the Date & Time and Todo widgets still make the tab useful.
Other Widgets You Might Add
Pair the Calendar widget with these. One install gets you all of them.
Date & Time
The date and time beside the day's events.
World Clock
Local time for the other side of the call.
Todo
What has to get done between the meetings.
Tasks (Kanban)
The project board behind the recurring status meeting.
Weather
The forecast for the afternoon the calendar puts you outside.
Links
The meeting links and tools, one row under the calendar.
The Calendar widget is one of 50+ in Start Page HQ. Tasks, notes, RSS, AI tools, dev utilities — the same install gives you all of them. Start free with 8 widgets on a page, or lift every limit at $3.99/month, $25/year, or $49 lifetime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes — connecting an outside account is a paid capability, and Google Calendar is among the 8 premium widgets. Plans are $3.99/month, $25/year, or $49 one-time. Installing in Edge and using the dashboard costs nothing: a free account gets 55 of the 63 widget types on 1 page. To see the Calendar widget first, the demo at startpagehq.com/demo runs it on sample events without a signup.
No. The widget connects to Google Calendar only. An Outlook calendar you have subscribed to inside Google Calendar shows up as part of your Google account, but there is no direct Microsoft 365 connection.
Yes. The popup shows Google's own account picker and has nothing to do with the Microsoft sign-in on your Edge profile. Pick the Google account you want, allow read-only access, and the popup closes on its own.
Yes. The connection is stored on your Start Page HQ account, so signing into the dashboard on another Edge — or another browser — shows the same calendar without connecting to Google again.
No. The widget is read-only, which keeps the Google permission narrow. Clicking an event opens it in Google Calendar in a new Edge tab.
Add the Calendar Widget to Edge
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