Time Zone Messenger Extension

Hey there 👋

Recently I've been scheduling a lot of international virtual meetings with my friends/family and clients via Facebook Messenger.

By now, calculating time zones became my second nature. 😂 However, I've missed not one or two meetings, because of the incorrect time calculations in different time zones.

I really like how you can now create Plans in Messenger and get notifications before the meeting, although it would be great to have a little help in terms of choosing times in different time zones.

In this concept, I created a simple and easy-to-use interface to help selecting an available time slot when both parties have free time in their calendars.

The sender would see his/her own calendar in the extension view and also the recipient's calendar but due to privacy reasons a calendar event would only have a 'Busy' title and not the actual event title.

The extension would be also aware of the location and pick the appropriate time zone automatically (which can be also changed manually if needed).

During the design process I built on top of the Messenger Platform Design Kit.

You can also download the Sketch and Principle source files from here: https://gum.co/shPUO

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Have an amazing week! 👊

Edit: you can read the case study about this concept here.