You can move a meeting by texting Drift where you want it to go. Drift checks that the new time is actually free, and it asks first when the change would email other people.
Step 1: Connect Drift to iMessage. In Drift, open Messaging, add the number you text from, and send the first text Drift writes for you to Drift’s own number. It works on every plan, Free included. If Drift’s number is full, connect your own Photon project by pasting its Project ID and Project Secret, then text the 10-digit pairing code to your agent’s number. That takes about ten minutes the first time, and the full walkthrough is in the iMessage setup guide. Once your phone is paired, only your phone reaches your agent.
Step 2: Text which meeting and where it should go. Send something like “move my 2pm to tomorrow”. If you are not sure when it should go, ask Drift to find a time instead, and it will suggest openings that genuinely exist on your calendar.
Step 3: Approve the change if others are invited. If the meeting is only on your calendar, Drift moves it straight away. If other people are invited, Google will email them about the change, so Drift shows you what will happen and waits for your yes first.
Why some changes ask and others do not. Moving a block of focus time affects nobody but you, and it is easy to move back, so asking about it would only slow you down. Moving a meeting with other people in it is different, since Google sends every guest an email the moment it changes, and that email cannot be taken back. Drift draws the line at that point. This shows that the approval is not there to make the product feel careful, but to stop the one kind of calendar change that reaches other people without you seeing it first.
"Move my 2pm to tomorrow and tell me what that frees up." — Drift moves the event, asking first if others are invited, and tells you what the open block leaves room for.
"Find 30 minutes with no meetings on Friday." — Drift reads your calendar and texts back the times that are actually open.