Looks like lots of engineers in Google are making use of their 20% to work on personal projects. After the success of Gmail Labs ^[1], the folks at Google have now launched Labs for Google Calendar ^[2].

To access Labs feature in Google Calendar, you will need to go to settings and click on the Labs tab.

There are 6 new Labs features available right now for Google Calendar.

The available features include:

• Ability to add background images to your Google Calendar
• Ability to attach Google Docs ^[3] document, spreadsheet or presentation to a event.
• World Clock for displaying time across the world.
• A feature to jump to any given date.
• A feature to display the next meeting that is coming up on your agenda.
• And a ability to set your status as free or busy.

The available features already look pretty interesting and like Gmail ^[4] we are pretty sure to expect more exciting features.

What do you think of the new Labs features in Google Calendar?

Introduction Google Calendar Labs ^[5] [Official Google Apps Blog]