Find a time everyone is free
Share busy and free times with a circle, see theirs, and pick a time without a group thread.
What this is
Getting six people in a room usually costs four days of group-chat archaeology. This replaces it: share your availability with a circle, see theirs on the same calendar, pick a night that already works.
Before you start
Understand exactly what is shared, because it is less than people assume.
Only busy and free times leave your phone. Tether checks your calendar on your phone and sends only when you are busy — that you are unavailable from two to four on Thursday. The event’s title, place, and guest list stay on your phone and are never sent anywhere.
Tether can also add Tether events to your phone’s calendar, so they sit next to everything else.
Steps
- Open Plan and turn on availability sharing.
- Choose which circles can see it. It is per circle, like everything else.
- Open Who is free to see the same view for people who have shared with you.
- Pick a time and turn it into an event from there.
What to expect afterward
You see a merged picture of the circle rather than a pile of replies. People who have not shared their availability simply do not appear in it — nothing is inferred about them.
Your plan determines how far ahead you can view availability. Tether+ lets you look further ahead.
Troubleshooting
Someone is not showing up. They have not shared availability with a circle you are both in. Sharing is per circle and always deliberate.
My calendar is not showing. Tether needs calendar access from iOS to work out when you are busy. Check Settings → Apps → Tether.
I want to share with one person, not a circle. Make a circle with one person in it. Circles are the unit of sharing throughout Tether, deliberately — one mental model, not two.