Thanks to our hyperconnected world we have friends, family and colleagues all over the world. Staying connected is fairly simple in 2017 using Skype, Google Hangouts, FaceTime or any other chat application.

However, finding the right time in different time zones to have a video call, that’s the real challenge.

Defining the Key Pain Points

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 become my second nature. However, I’ve missed not one or two meetings, because of the incorrect time calculations in different time zones.

Constantly switching between different time zones and double checking our calendar events, while having a conversation at the same time is a painful thing to do.

The Challenge

The challenge is to create a simple way of scheduling events in different time zones with the following points in mind:

during the scheduling process the users cannot leave the chat application

besides the different time zones the users must have access to their calendars to quickly see the free slots where they can organize meetings

the interface has to be easy-to-use with one hand on a larger phone as well

Execution: Design

I really like how we can 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.

This is why I decided to build my concept on top of the Messenger Platform Design Kit.