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How to Show Your Google Calendar on a TV, Monitor, or Old Tablet

You've got a spare screen — an old tablet in a drawer, a monitor that's not doing much, maybe a TV mounted in the kitchen — and you want it to just show your family's Google Calendar, always on, always current. Here's how, and the two ways people usually try to do it.

The Hard Way: Casting or Mirroring

You could open Google Calendar on your phone or laptop and cast it to the screen. It works, technically — until your phone locks, your laptop goes to sleep, or someone closes the browser tab. It's not a display, it's a temporary mirror that breaks the moment life happens.

The Easier Way: A Dedicated Calendar Display

Go Check the Fridge turns any screen with a browser into a permanent, always-on calendar display, synced directly to your Google account — no casting, no source device that has to stay awake.

Setup takes about five minutes:

  1. On your phone, open the pairing page (gocheckthefridge.com/P)
  2. On your TV, monitor, or tablet, open the display screen in a web browser
  3. Scan the code on the screen with your phone
  4. Your calendar appears and stays synced — the screen does not need your phone connected after that

What You'll Need

  • Any screen with a web browser: a smart TV, an old tablet, a spare monitor with a cheap streaming stick, or a dedicated display
  • A WiFi connection for the screen
  • A Google account with the calendar(s) you want to show

Why Not Just Use a Browser Tab?

You can — bookmark Google Calendar and leave it open. But browsers time out, screens sleep, and a full Google Calendar view is built for clicking around, not for glancing at from across the room. A dedicated display shows a clean, glanceable version built to be looked at, not interacted with.

FAQ

What screens work with GoCheckTheFridge?
Anything with a modern web browser — smart TVs, tablets (iOS or Android), and monitors connected to a streaming stick or mini PC.
Will the screen stay on all night?
Go Check the Fridge includes automatic night dimming so it's not glaring at 2am, but you control whether the screen itself sleeps.
Do I need to keep my phone connected?
No. Pairing is a one-time step. After that, the display syncs directly with your Google Calendar.
How much does it cost?
$8.99/month or $79/year, with a 14-day free trial.

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